Bagmati Province Chief Minister Shalikram Jamarkattel is seeking a vote of confidence on Wednesday. Province Assembly Secretariat Chief Secretary Krishna Hari Khadka said that Jamarkattel is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence at 3 pm today. With the change in the political equation in the central government a few weeks ago, he fell into minority after the Rastriya Prajatantra Party withdrew support extended to the province government.

When the Bagmati Council of Ministers was formed on January 10, Shalikram Jamarkattel was appointed as the Chief Minister and Jagannath Thapaliya and Uddhav Thapa were appointed as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning and Minister for water supply, energy and irrigation respectively from the joint alliance of the CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has already left the government. The CPN-UML, however, is still participating in the government without giving any reaction. The Bagmati Province Assembly has 110 lawmakers of seven political parties—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and Hamro Nepali Party. Chief Minister Jamarkattel needs 56 votes to give continuity to the current government.