Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala has said that the party made a mistake by giving a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. During a meeting held at Anup Foodland in Battisputali on Sunday, Koirala said that though they had said during the party’s executive committee meeting that the vote of confidence should not be given to the Prime Minister, it was endorsed by majority. “We had said during the party’s executive committee meeting that the vote of confidence should not be given to the Prime Minister. We said that Nepali Congress should play the role of opposition. But, we were compelled to give the vote after the majority took the decision,” a leader, who attended the meeting, said quoting Koirala.

Though Prime Minister Dahal is positive towards the Nepali Congress, the ruling coalition parties are not positive towards the Nepali Congress, Koirala said.

That is why, the issue of giving the President to the Nepali Congress is no longer in PM Dahal’s hand. Koirala said that now the issue of giving a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Dahal will be discussed in the Central Committee meeting scheduled for January 29.