The CPN (Unified Socialist) has decided to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A Secretariat meeting held at the party office in Tinkune decided to give a vote of confidence to PM Dahal and sit in the ruling party’s bench in the Parliament. Party spokesperson Jagannath Khatiwada said that the party, however, has not made any decision to join the government yet.

Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence on Monday.

Similarly, the party has nominated General Secretary Beduram Bhusal as the Vice-Chairman and Ghanshyam Bhusal as the General Secretary, Khatiwada said. Bhusal, who was nominated as the General Secretary, had joined the CPN (Unified Socialist) recently.