This was the first time in Nepal's parliamentary history that a minority government in parliament was given a vote of confidence by the majority opposition. Parties other than the UML could have formed a government under the leadership of the Congress. For that, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which won 20 seats in the House of Representatives at that time, was the decisive force. The confrontation between RPP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa and parliamentary party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand gave the UML the opportunity to form the government.