After the political change of 2046, the opposition parties, including the main opposition UML, filed a no-confidence motion against the government led by Congress Parliamentary Party leader Girija Prasad Koirala on February 8, 2050. After the discussion on the proposal was over, the vote was held on February 23.
In the 205-member House of Representatives, only 81 votes were cast in favor of the no-confidence motion, while 113 MPs voted against it and saved Koirala's post as Prime Minister.
A special session of the House of Representatives was called to vote on the no-confidence motion registered in the House of Representatives amid the extreme conflict within the Congress and the opposition's continuous opposition to Prime Minister Koirala.
In the 2048 election, the Congress formed a single government after getting the majority. But within a few months of the formation of the government, UML was continuously protesting against the Congress government all over the country in connection with various incidents such as employee agitation, Tanakpur agreement, Arun 3rd power project, Dasdhunga accident and so on. During the
movement, people's wealth was also lost. After the death of UML's then general secretary Madan Bhandari in a jeep accident in Dasdhunga, the by-election of Kathmandu-1 made the gap of conflict within the Congress very large.
Prime Minister Koirala was accused of playing a role in defeating Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, the then chairman of the Congress and candidate for Kathmandu-1. On the same pretext, the mutual conflict was increasing and the Congress was on the verge of a kind of mental division. In the party meeting, 56 MPs of the Congress had demanded in writing that Koirala should leave the post of Prime Minister and action should be taken against him.
Amal filed a no-confidence motion to cover up the same conflict within the Congress saying that Koirala had committed acts of treason . But Koirala got the vote of confidence as 113 Congress MPs voted against the no-confidence motion. 81 MPs including UML voted in favor of the motion of no confidence . Koirala's post of Prime Minister was saved by 32 votes.
Rashtriya Prajatantra Party MP Pashupatishamsher Rana and Speaker Damannath Dhungana did not vote during the voting. Rana said that the exit of the country will be done only through the mid-term elections. He argued that casting votes means stopping the mid-term elections .
Speaker Dhungana said that he will vote only if the votes are equal. Sadbhavana Party's Mirza Dilsad Veg and Sant Kumar Chaudhary were absent. This was the first time in Nepal's parliamentary history that a special session meeting was held.
Kantipur Dainik published a news prepared by journalists Taranath Dahal and Ramesh KC on the issue of no-confidence motion submitted by UML and Koirala's vote of confidence on February 24, 2050 under the title 'No-confidence motion against Prime Minister Koirala rejected by 32 votes'.
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