The CPN-UML ministers in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government resigned en masse on Wednesday.
They handed over their resignations to Prime Minister Dahal at his Baluwatar-based residence.
The UML had eight ministers in the Dahal cabinet, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth.
Other ministers included Minister for Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Padam Giri; Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development Jwala Kumari Sah; Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies Damodar Bhandari; Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation Balaram Adhikari; Minister for Water Supply Rajendra Kumar Rai; Minister for Women, Children, and Senior Citizens Bhagawati Chaudhary; and Minister for Defence Hari Prasad Uprety.
Earlier today, the party decided to withdraw its support to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government.
With the withdrawal of the support by the largest party in the coalition, the Dahal government has fallen into the minority.
When he sought a trust vote on May 20, Dahal had secured 157 votes in the 275-strong House of Representatives. Of them, the CPN-UML has 77 members, while the prime minister’s CPN (Maoist Centre), which is the third-largest in the House, has only 32 seats.
The prime minister now needs to secure a vote of confidence from Parliament within 30 days to stay in power and is unlikely to win the trust vote, given the current political equation.
– The Kathmandu Post
