Formation of the government in Sudurpaschim Province has become uncertain for now as the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP) took a stance of not supporting any forces and avoiding process to form government unless their demands and agenda are addressed.
The Nagarik Unmukti Party has seven seats in the 53-member province assembly. Its parliamentary party leader Rameshwor Chaudhary said they would not lend support to any force and boycott participation in the government until detainees of the Tikapur incident were released.
No single party has majority in the province assembly.
Nepali Congress (NC) is the largest party in the assembly with 19 members followed by CPN (Maoist Center) 11 members, CPN-UML 10, CPN (Unified Socialist) four and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and independent one each.
It requires a majority of 27 members for the formation of the government. It is difficult for any party to garner majority in the assembly.
The Nagarik Unmukti Party, however, has lent its support in the formation of federal government.
The CPN (Unified Socialist) having four seats in the province assembly is undecided on join the government.
In the province assembly, the Maoist Center, the UML and the RPP have a total of 22 members.
Government formation has been impeded as the NC and Nagarik Unmukti Party remained out of the process of forming the government with the Unified Socialist undecided.
Province Chief Devraj Joshi has called the first session of the province assembly as per the Article 183 of the Constitution of Nepal.
Meanwhile, an all-party meeting held on Sunday decided to conduct election for picking the Speaker of the province assembly.
