Koshi Province Chief Minister Hikmat Kumar Karki secured a vote of confidence from the Koshi Province Assembly on Monday.

He got 57 votes in his favor and no one voted against him.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) which has five seats in the Province Assembly, however, remained neutral. The opposition party, Nepali Congress, boycotted today's Province Assembly meeting.

Sixty-two lawmakers were present in the 93-member Province Assembly today.