In the application, Nepali Congress proclaimed itself a main opposition party.
The Nepali Congress has 89 lawmakers in the Parliament. Among them, lawmaker Tek Bahadur Gurung is suspended. An official at the Parliament Secretariat said that the Nepali Congress filed the application demanding that it be provided with facilities that the main opposition party got. The debate on whether Nepali Congress should be considered as the ruling party or the opposition started surfacing after the party gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on January 10. Experts have been saying that the Nepali Congress should not be considered as the opposition party. The Congress lawmakers presented themselves as the main opposition when they took part in the Parliament meeting. The Nepal Workers Peasants Party has also submitted an application to the Speaker demanding that the party be announced as the main opposition party. Out of 270 lawmakers present in the Parliament meeting on January 10, 268 gave a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Maoist Center Chairman Dahal also got votes from the Nepali Congress, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Democratic Socialist Party which are not part of the ruling coalition. Nepal Workers Peasants Party lawmaker Prem Suwal and Rastriya Janamorcha Party Chairman Chitra Bahadur KC only voted against him.
