The no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was not passed in the vote held in the parliament on 2053 Paush 9. But there was no majority in his favor in the parliament. The UML had 101 votes in favor of the no-confidence motion for the second time, while 84 were in support of the government. 14 MPs from the ruling party were absent. 103 votes were needed to topple the government. Therefore, the pressure on Deuba to resign or seek a vote of confidence from the parliament on moral grounds increased.

A faction of the main opposition parties UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party had warned that Deuba would either show a majority in the parliament or resign, saying that they would fight on the streets. Therefore, Deuba was forced to bring many RPP MPs to his support to seek a vote of confidence. On the day of the vote on the no-confidence motion, five ministers including the RPP were sent to Bangkok for treatment, two were abducted by Home Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka, and some were sent to India.

Deuba had to use all means, money, punishment, and discrimination to deal with the no-confidence motion that came twice in the 16 months since the government was formed. Deuba was forced to accept the condition that not only the RPP MPs should be given ministerial posts, but also the ministries of their choice and that all MPs should be made ministers to protect the Prime Minister. Therefore, on 2053 Paush 24, he reorganized the cabinet and made the RPP MPs who supported the no-confidence motion ministers.

He had drawn Kamal Thapa, who was in favor of the no-confidence motion, and his party, Lokendra Bahadur Chand, into his fold by making them ministers. He had published a statement on 21 Paush 2053 Paush 2 and called on the parties including the RPP to support the government for political stability. Based on that call, the RPP MPs from the Chand faction had issued a statement saying that they would support Deuba. In the expectation of getting a vote of confidence for his government, Deuba had appointed ministers to please the RPP MPs. Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala and leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai were not aware of Deuba's cabinet reshuffle. This caused a lot of uproar within the party.

Koirala had received information about the cabinet reshuffle from party workers. Koirala was very angry that Deuba had ignored the party. Koirala, who had reached his hometown Biratnagar, had angrily asked Deuba over the phone, ‘Does the party workers know about the cabinet reshuffle first or the president?’ He had asked again over the phone, ‘Are you the party president or me?’ Koirala, who had reached Biratnagar during the inauguration of the general convention of the Nepal Students’ Union, had asked Deuba, ‘Under whose direction are you working?’ Koirala had also told Deuba that ‘I do not support those who have been made ministers.’ He had called the cabinet reshuffle an unfortunate event.

Accusation of Deuba of trying to end the Congress

Congress Vice President Shailaja Acharya had expressed strong anger over the cabinet reshuffle. She had accused Deuba of trying to end the Congress. In Kathmandu, she had said, ‘The Prime Minister’s move is unfortunate.’ She said that the decision made by Prime Minister Deuba is unfortunate, and its consequences will be even more unfortunate.’ She had told Deuba, ‘You yourself are committing suicide and at the same time you are being inspired by the element that will end the party.’ Adding to the context of her demand for Deuba’s resignation, Acharya had expressed her anger saying that this situation has come to this point because it did not happen. Deuba and Acharya are contemporaries.

After the 2051 mid-term elections, Acharya wanted to become the leader of the parliamentary party. She had also registered her nomination to be elected as the party leader. But in the end, all those who aspired to be the party leader were asked to withdraw their nomination papers. Deuba was unanimously declared the party leader. According to those in the know at the time, Girija Prasad and Krishna Prasad had pressured Shailaja to withdraw his nomination papers. Eyewitnesses say that Shailaja withdrew his nomination in tears after being pressured. Deuba, who became the Home Minister in 2048, had been growing stronger in the party since becoming the leader of the parliamentary party. He had become the Prime Minister five times and the President twice on the same foundation.

A blow to the faith of the Congress

The then two General Secretaries of the Congress, Sushil Koirala and Taranath Ranabhat, had expressed their dissatisfaction with the cabinet reshuffle. They had issued a statement saying that they were shocked by the names included in the cabinet. They said that only those who would endanger the coalition government were included in the cabinet. They had said that the cabinet was reshuffled within 24 hours of the two General Secretaries meeting Deuba and conveying the party's views. They stated in the statement that the activities of some RPP MPs have seriously attacked the ideals, essence, style and values ​​of democracy, multi-party system and parliamentary practice.

The statement stated that the Congress should not be a silent spectator in this difficult situation but should find a respectful path. The statement stated that even if the unholy alliance satisfies the hunger for power, it will seriously harm not only the multi-party system, parliamentary system and universally accepted principles of democracy, but also the faith and stance of the Congress. Congress MP Dhruv Sharma had been saying that an 'unethical' RPP MP should not be made a minister. Congress MP Jayaprakash Gupta had warned that they would take the motion to any decisive stage during the no-confidence motion against Deuba in the winter session. He said that Deuba had made the Congress a slave to power. Congress MP Krishna Prasad Gautam said that he was shocked by the Prime Minister's move. MP Homanath Dahal had questioned whether we were more pragmatic than pragmatic.

Khobhari at Pashupati Shamsher's in-laws' house

The secret of keeping RPP MP Khobhari Rai at the in-laws' house of RPP General Secretary and Water Resources Minister Pashupati Shamsher Rana in Delhi, India, was revealed. Khobhari had said that he was forcibly kept under siege at Pashupati's in-laws' house in Delhi when he went to Delhi for his son's treatment.

He had come to Nepal just a few days before the vote on the no-confidence motion. Khobhari was kept at the mother-in-law's house (Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Raje Scindia) on the instructions of Minister Rana. He said that although he was treated with respect like a son-in-law, the security arrangements were very tight. He had returned to Nepal and voted in favor of the no-confidence motion. But after the government did not fall, he wanted to become a minister by giving a statement in support of the government along with Kamal Thapa. But after not being included in the reorganized cabinet, Rai expressed his anger and said that Pashupati Shumsher had betrayed him.

After not being continued as a minister, Rai expressed his anger by saying, ‘I was plotted against, ruined, I will take revenge for this.’ Khobhari of the Chand group had been missing for a few days after the no-confidence motion was registered. UML and RPP had accused Khobhari of being kidnapped by the ruling party. Khobhari had hesitantly said, ‘I was ousted on my own initiative, no one kidnapped me.’

After not being included in the cabinet, he had said angrily, ‘Who does not covet the ministerial post? Who is not in the race for commission? I also gave a statement in favor of the government without wanting mid-term elections. But Pashupati Shamsher betrayed me.' He said that he had called Pashupati while he was in Delhi and informed him of everything. After the call, Pashupati himself went to Delhi. According to Khobhari, after Pashupati went to Delhi, at 3 am, he was taken to the palace of the Queen in Gwalior in two vehicles, one in front and the other in two vehicles. He said that even though he was given all the facilities, he fled to Kathmandu saying that the security was tight. He had called Deepak Bohra, a member of the Chand party, from India and called him there. Khobhari also claimed that he had paid the guard of the Queen's house to call him.

Bohra had taken him from Delhi to Bhairahawa via Jhansi and Gorakhpur. Police were deployed in Bhairahawa. At that time, there was talk that UML and RPP had given Bohra Rs. 3.5 million to bring Khobhari to Kathmandu. Although it was said that the police were deployed to take Khobhari to the Prime Minister's quarters in Baluwatar, Khobhari had informed that he had stayed in Bhairahawa for a few hours and then arrived in Kathmandu by helicopter. Kamal Thapa and Rajiv Parajuli had gone to Kathmandu airport to pick up Khobhari. Khobhari had called Pashupati and told him that he had been betrayed after not becoming a minister. Pashupati had replied, "I had to do the same because you betrayed me." Khobhari had said, "I did not make myself a minister after listening to Pashupati. Now I will open my mouth. I have remained silent to protect Pashupati's honor."