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Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal won the vote of confidence on Tuesday, garnering 268 votes in the 275-member strong House of Representatives (HoR). Only two votes were cast against Dahal. One lawmaker each of Rastriya Janamorcha and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party voted against Dahal. Senior member of the House of Representatives Pashupati Shumsher JB Rana said that the Parliament had a vote of confidence as the majority was in the favor of the vote of confidence submitted by Prime Minister Dahal in the House of Representatives as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal. Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), Nagarik Unmukti Party, Janamat Party, and Democratic Socialist Party and independent lawmakers Amresh Singh and Yogendra Mandal voted in favor of PM Dahal. Dahal needed 138 votes for majority. He became prime minister with the support of seven political parties including the CPN-UML and two independent lawmakers. According to the constitution, the Prime Minister has to get the vote of confidence from the House within 30 days after the appointment. Dahal was appointed as the prime minister on December 25.  

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has decided to organise a tea reception on Poush 27 (Wednesday) on the occasion of the Prithvi Jayanti. It is the birthday of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the unifier of modern Nepal. The 301st birth anniversary and National Unity Day will be observed with tea reception. The event will be held at Bhrikutimandap from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm, according to party Spokesperson and Chief of publicity department, Mohan Shrestha. He informed that the Prime Minister, ministers, chiefs of various political parties and leaders, and government dignitaries, among others, were invited to the tea party. Prithvi Narayan Shah, known as the founder of modern Nepal, was born in Gorkha on Poush 27, 1997BS. The RPP Nepal had been demanding the government to announce a public holiday on Prithvi Jayanti. Finally, the Nepal government addressed it yesterday. Spokesperson Shrestha thanked the government for addressing the aspiration and demand of the party and the entire Nepalis. The Day will be observed in a grand manner tomorrow, he added.

The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A Parliamentary Party meeting of the party held on Tuesday made the decision to this effect, party leader Keshav Jha said. Earlier, the party had entrusted Chairman Mahantha Thakur with the responsibility to make a decision on whether to give a vote of confidence to PM Dahal or not. PM Dahal is seeking the vote of confidence today. Dahal was appointed the prime minister with the support of seven parties including the CPN-UML on December 25. Earlier, the CPN (Unified Socialist) had also decided to give a vote of confidence to PM Dahal.

Nagarik Unmukti Party has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A meeting of the party held on Tuesday made the decision to this effect, Chief Whip Ganga Ram Chaudhary said. He, however, said that the party has decided to stay in the opposition bench in the Parliament despite giving the vote of confidence. Chaudhary said that the party will not participate in the government until the release of Resham Chaudhary, serving life imprisonment for his involvement in the 2015 Tikapur incident, and will play as a role of opposition. The coalition government had addressed the demands of the Nagarik Unmukti Party through the Common Minimum Program (CMP) unveiled on Monday. Chaudhary said that the party had reached the decision to give a vote of confidence by welcoming the same.