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.