The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) pulled out of the Koshi Province government on Wednesday. The party also withdrew the support extended to the government. Nirmala Limbu of the JSP was the Health Minister in the CPN-UML-led government. She was the only lawmaker to represent the JSP in the Province Assembly.

Limbu participated in the government led by UML leader Hikmat Kumar Karki on January 9.

Following the decision of the Province Committee meeting of the JSP, she lost her ministerial post. JSP leader Rakam Chemjong said that the meeting of the party held on Wednesday decided to recall its minister and also decided to withdraw the support extended to the government. In the 93-member Province Assembly of Koshi Province, UML has 40 lawmakers, Nepali Congress 29, CPN (Maoist Center) 13 (including speaker), Rastriya Prajatantra Party six, CPN (Unified Socialist) four and Janata Samajbadi Party has one lawmaker. Forty-seven lawmakers are needed to form the government in the province. But there are 46 lawmakers of the UML and the RPP in the province.