Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting with CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal and Janata Samajwadi Party Chairman Upendra Yadav on Sunday. During the meeting held at the Parliamentary Party office of CPN (Maoist Center) in Singhadurbar this morning, the leaders discussed vote of confidence and other contemporary political issues, according to the Prime Minister's Secretariat. On the occasion, PM Dahal, also the Chairperson of the Maoist Centre, urged both Nepal and Yadav to give him the vote of confidence to continue his prime ministerial position.

Dahal, who was elected the PM with the support of 169 lawmakers on 25 December, is scheduled to take the vote of confidence on Tuesday.

There is a provision in the Constitution of Nepal that the PM should take the vote of confidence within 30 days of being appointed to the post.