Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is taking a vote of confidence from the House of Representatives today.
Dahal is taking the vote of confidence from the Lower House of Representatives for the second time after assuming the prime ministerial berth.
The parties of new coalition formed, of late, in the context of Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections have agreed to give the vote of confidence to PM Dahal.
Along with CPN (Maoist Center), Nepali Congress, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, Unified Socialist, Janamat Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party and Rastriya Janamorcha among others are expected to support PM Dahal in securing vote of confidence.
PM Dahal needs 138 votes for securing trust from the parliament. In the HoR, Maoist Center has 32 members, Nepali Congress (88), RSP (19), JSP (11), Unified Socialist (10), Janamat Party (6), LSP (4), Nagarik Unmukti (4) and Janamorcha (1). Likewise, UML has (79), RPP (14), independent (2), Nepal Workers Peasants Party (1) and Aam Janata Party (1) in the HoR.
