Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was appointed Prime Minister on Bhadra 26, 2052, was ousted by two MPs from his own party after 18 months.

Deuba resigned from the post of Prime Minister after failing to get a vote of confidence in the vote of confidence in the parliament. Even after his resignation, efforts were made to have the Congress lead the government with the support of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. For that, preparations were made to remove Sher Bahadur from the Congress parliamentary party leader and make Girija Prasad Koirala.

Deuba, who did not get a vote of confidence from the parliament, was also under moral pressure to remain as the party leader. The RPP, which has 20 seats in the parliament including the Deputy Speaker, had sent a message of support for Koirala through its chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa. The leader of the RPP parliamentary party, Lokendra Bahadur Chand, was in the running to become the Prime Minister himself. He was completely supported by the Bamdev Gautam faction of the UML.

To create a situation where the Congress would take power again, the Congress had forced Sher Bahadur to resign as the party leader and put forward Girija Prasad. After Girija Prasad became the party leader, independent MPs who had distanced themselves from the Congress also attended the meeting held in Baluwatar. The leaders had agreed to make Girija Prasad the party leader and give Sher Bahadur an important party post. Sher Bahadur had backed out on the advice of the top leadership of the Congress.

The second generation leaders, Speaker Ramchandra Poudel, former President Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, party Vice President Shailaja Acharya, and leader Chiranjeevi Wagle, had held three-hour discussions to agree to make Sher Bahadur resign and make Girija Prasad the party leader. The discussions, which included Girija Prasad and Sher Bahadur, had decided that the Congress would lead the government. For that, it was agreed that Girija Prasad would become the party leader. As per the agreement, Girija Prasad was unanimously elected as the leader of the parliamentary party. After being elected as the party leader, former President Bhattarai had said, ‘Koirala will be the Prime Minister and Deuba will be given an important position for a new role in the party.’ Although there was no agreement to give this position to Sher Bahadur, it was agreed to reconstitute the central committee. Sher Bahadur himself had proposed Girija Prasad as the party leader. Chiranjeevi supported it. Sher Bahadur did not give any negative reaction to the decision. His face was smiling.

While proposing Girija Prasad as the party leader, Sher Bahadur had said, ‘I resigned to make Gijja Babu the leader to get everyone’s consent to save the party from the conspiracy being waged by elements that are not allowing the Nepali Congress to remain in power.’ We can move forward with a spirit of compromise and a spirit of sacrifice.'

Political analysts at the time may have had this view because they did not think that the parliament would vote no confidence in Deuba. Even though two MPs from his own party, Deepak Jung Shah and Chakra Bahadur Shahi, were absent, Sher Bahadur was confident that Sadbhavana Party's Gajendra Narayan Singh and Hridayesh Tripathi would vote for him. But when Singh announced in the House that he was leaving the government while sitting in power, Sher Bahadur was shocked. At that time, there was talk that Sher Bahadur was removed from power on the instructions of an invisible force. That is why he said that even though he stepped down, he helped Girija Prasad as the party leader to form a government under the leadership of the Congress.

After being elected as the party leader on Falgun 26, 2053, Girija Prasad responded that Deuba would play a role in giving new energy to the party. He had said that he would unite everyone by saying that he had the dual role of party president and parliamentary party leader. Sher Bahadur was unanimously made the leader of the parliamentary party by Girija Prasad and Krishna Prasad in 2051. After that, he got the opportunity to become not only the opposition party leader, but also the Prime Minister. At that time, Sher Bahadur was made the party leader by pushing aside leaders like Shailaja Acharya and Ram Chandra Poudel, who were aspiring for the leadership of the parliamentary party. Now, those same leaders have made Sher Bahadur resign.

'G Seven' enters Baluwatar

Seven independent MPs, who were absent from the House of Representatives meeting and did not vote for Sher Bahadur, entered Baluwatar the next day. They were called 'G Seven' at that time. Their role could have been decisive in forming a coalition government. They had also signed the ‘Minute’ proposing Girija Prasad as the Prime Minister. Independent MPs Sharad Singh Bhandari, Anish Ansari, Moti Prasad Pahadi, Palten Gurung, Naresh Bahadur Singh, Bhakta Bahadur Balayar and Jyotendra Mohan Chaudhary had entered Baluwatar at 4 pm and signed the ‘Minute’.

The RPP was also informed that Girija Prasad Koirala was the leader of the party. RPP General Secretary Pashupati Shumsher Rana had informed that they were waiting for the decision of the Congress. The Congress had also given the RPP a document signed by 91 people to make Girija Prasad the Prime Minister. There were two camps within the RPP and the UML was playing the game of making leader Chand the Prime Minister.

Since the leader of their own party became the Prime Minister, there was a possibility that the majority of the RPP would go to Chand. That is why the RPP had not given any information until late at night. It was unclear when the UML would be ready to make RPP's Chand the Prime Minister after being in the government. Because, UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal had said that the number of MPs to form the government had been reached. Nepal had said that there was no need to have doubts since RPP leader Chand was certain to become the Prime Minister. He had informed that 103 MPs had already signed. There was confusion within the RPP. They could not reach a unanimous agreement.