Lumbini Province Chief Minister Lila Giri failed to secure a vote of confidence on Monday. The proposal of vote of confidence tabled by Chief Minister Giri was rejected by a majority of lawmakers in a meeting of the Province Assembly held this afternoon. A total of 33 votes were cast in favor of Giri while 53 votes were cast against him.

There are 87 lawmakers in Lumbini Province.

Giri was appointed as the Chief Minister with the support of 58 lawmakers on January 11. Nepali Congress has 27 lawmakers in Lumbini Province while CPN-UML has 29, CPN (Maoist Center) has 10 and Nagarik Unmukti Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party have four lawmakers each. Similarly, Janata Samajbadi Party and Democratic Socialist Party have three lawmakers each and CPN (Unified Socialist) and Rastriya Janamorcha have one lawmaker each. There are two independent lawmakers in the province.