The CPN-UML was ready to make Rastriya Prajatantra Party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chanla the Prime Minister against the government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba formed in 2052 Bhadra. The UML had first brought a no-confidence motion against Deuba on 29 Falgun 2052 to make Chand the Prime Minister.

The Deuba side had proved its majority when the motion was first voted on 11 Chaitra 2052. Even though the no-confidence motion failed for the first time, the UML was continuously trying to topple the government. In the same vein, the UML, under the auspices of the RPP, had submitted a petition to the King to call a special session of parliament on 23 Mangsir 2052 on the condition that Chand be made the Prime Minister again. The RPP leaders also supported it.

The petition was signed by 87 people from the UML, 11 from the RPP, 2 from the Nepal Sadbhawan Party and 2 people supported by the CPN-Masal. The king was approached with a plan to bring a no-confidence motion for the second time. However, RPP's Bishnu Bikram Thapa and Khowari Rai said that they had withdrawn their signatures on the petition.

After he became the Prime Minister with the support of UML, RPP leader Chand had secured a majority in his party's central committee. The central committee meeting had opened the way for the parliamentary party to withdraw its support to the government and begin the process of forming an alternative government. Based on that, the parliamentary party meeting held at Chand's residence, Lokanthali, unanimously decided to withdraw its support to the government and recall the ministers in the government.

The decision was made in the presence of 11 out of 20 RPP MPs. After the decision, party spokesperson Kamal Thapa informed that the ministers, including himself, had resigned. But Minister of State Shukla, who is said to have resigned, and Ansari, who signed the petition, had also signed another statement promising to maintain the government.

On the other hand, 10 MPs of the RPP had issued a separate statement saying that the government needed stability. They disagreed, saying that toppling the government meant handing over power to the UML. Pashupati Shumsher Rana, Balaram Gharti Magar, Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, Fattesingh Tharu, Buddhiman Tamang, Shantishumsher Rana, Mahendra Rai, Sharbendranath Shukla, Khowari Rai and Bishnu Bikram Thapa were in favor of maintaining the government.

The power-sharing game in the RPP

The game of toppling the Deuba government had caused a huge controversy in the RPP. Under Chand's direction, the majority of the central committee decided to withdraw from the government and decided in favor of a no-confidence motion. RPP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa disagreed with that. He had dismissed 6 people in the central committee. Those who will be dismissed include Parshu Narayan Chaudhary, Tshiring Tenzing Lama, Narendra Khanal, Ramlochan Mahato, Thakur Singh Tharu and Ramkrishna Acharya. They were nominated members of the central committee.

Thapa had nominated six more central members in his favor. Chand had called Thapa's move against the party's constitution. Thapa, while talking to reporters at his residence, said that whoever hires (nominates), also fires (fires). Thapa had expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision to withdraw support from the government. He had said, "First, a party decision is needed, not one person writing it like a love letter."

Meanwhile, after returning from the special session after submitting a petition to the royal palace, a meeting held at UML Chairman Manmohan Adhikari's residence in Maharajgunj decided to request parties other than the Congress to support the no-confidence motion. UML Publicity Department Chief Radhakrishna Mainali had said that UML MPs had been called to the capital to discuss the petition and the no-confidence motion. UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal had said that a joint government between UML and RPP was in the process of being formed.