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Nepali Congress has decided to withdraw its support to the Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government.

A meeting of the Central Work Execution Committee meeting held in Budhanilkantha on Tuesday decided to withdraw support extended to the government, Vice-President Dhanraj Gurung said.

Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had ditched his key coalition partner, Nepali Congress, to form a new alliance with the main opposition, CPN-UML.

Now, Prime Minister Dahal has to seek a vote of confidence within 30 days.

Two ministers and one state minister of the Sudurpaschim province government have been relieved of their posts.

Province Chief Dev Raj Joshi, on the recommendation of Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah, dismissed them from their posts. They are the Minister for Social Development, Jhapat Bahadur Saud, the Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment, Ramesh Singh Dhami, and the Minister of State for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment, Geeta Devi Mal.

Chief Minister Shah himself would take charge of these ministries.

At a press meet organized at the Office of the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers today, the Chief Minister shared that two ministers and one state minister are relieved of their posts.

He mentioned, "With the change in power equation in the center, the province government has to be reshuffled. I am open for holding discussions and forging consensus with all parties for the development and prosperity of the province."

Three ministers of the Nepali Congress in the Karnali Province government have resigned from their posts. 

Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning, Bed Raj Singh, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment, Krishna Bahadur BC, and Minister for Social Development, Khadga Bahadur Pokharel, jointly tendered their resignation before Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma today. 

The three ministers had organized a press meet before tendering their resignation.

On the occasion, Minister Singh said they resigned from their posts due to the country's changed context and ease the reconstitution of the provincial government.

The three ministers also made public achievements during their term.

They had served as the minister of the provincial government for 10 months and 15 days.

China has said that it is ready to work with the new government in Kathmandu to advance the China-Nepal Strategic partnership of cooperation featuring ever-lasting friendship for development and prosperity, and to deliver more benefits to the people of the two countries.

On March 8, four parties– CPN(Maoist), CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janata Samajbadi Party- formed a new left government. Speaking in a regular press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Mao Ning said: China noted that Nepal has formed a new government coalition and reshuffled the cabinet recently. We sincerely hope that relevant parties of Nepal will work together in solidarity, advance the work related to the formation of the new government in a smooth manner, and realize political stability, economic growth and improvement of people’s livelihood.”

She further said that  as a friendly neighbor and cooperation partner, China highly values its relations with Nepal. We would like to work with the new government to uphold the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, deepen our traditional friendship, and strengthen practical cooperation. China has become the first country to make an official comment about the formation of a new alliance in Kathmandu. For the long time, China is motivating Nepal’s communist parties to form an alliance and government. China prefers a communist government in Kathmandu in order to fulfill its interests.