UML not to withdraw support extended to Koshi Province government
The CPN-UML has decided not to withdraw the support extended to the Koshi Province government.
A Koshi Province Parliamentary Party meeting of the UML held in Biratnagar-based Province Assembly building on Monday has decided to continue the support despite quitting the government, Koshi Province Chief Whip Rewati Raman Bhandari said.
He said that the party has decided not to withdraw the support extended to the government but decided to sit in the Province Assembly meeting as the main opposition.
The Koshi Province government was formed under the leadership of Kedar Karki with the support of 39 province lawmakers.
Chief Minister Karki has to seek the vote of confidence again if the UML withdraws support extended to the government.
The UML had quit the government after the ministers were appointed in the provincial government from the Maoist Center and CPN (Unified Socialist).
PM Dahal, NC President Deuba attend UML’s tea reception
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba among other leaders attended a tea reception hosted by the CPN-UML on the occasion of the Dashain, Tihar, Nepal Sambad and Chhat festivals on Wednesday.
Chairman KP Sharma Oli among other party leaders welcomed Prime Minister Dahal and former Prime Minister Deuba to the reception organized at the party central office in Chyasal, Lalitpur.
Similarly, House of Representatives (HoR) Speaker Devraj Ghimire, CPN (Unified Socialist) leader Jhalanath Khanal, CPN (Maoist Center) leader Janardan Sharma, Rastriya Janamorcha's Chair Chitra Bahadur KC, Communist Party of Nepal's Netra Bikram Chand and other leaders from various political parties and people from different walks of life attended the reception.
