Chief Minister Sonal has sent a letter to the Madhesh Provincial Assembly today (Wednesday) to make arrangements for the vote of confidence to be held on Saturday, November 22.
Madhesh Province Chief Minister Jitendra Prasad Sonal is preparing to take a vote of confidence next Saturday. As the vote of confidence will be taken on Saturday, Kartik 22, Chief Minister Sonal has sent a letter to the Madhesh Province Assembly today (Wednesday) to make arrangements for it.
Chief Minister Sonal is going to seek a vote of confidence as per Article 168 (4) of the Constitution of Nepal . After getting the vote of confidence, he has reached an agreement with the ruling coalition parties on the distribution of ministries and expansion of the Council of Ministers . The ruling coalition parties are also preparing to request the Nepali Congress and the CPN (UML) to cooperate for the vote of confidence .
Sonal was appointed Chief Minister with the support of 56 provincial assembly members from 5 parties . Out of these 56, 13 were also from the Janmat Party . However, two MPs have left the Janmat Party and joined the Janaswaraj Party, while Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) MP Saroj Singh Kushwaha has been suspended . Therefore, Sonal is not likely to get these three votes out of the initial 56 votes .
However, now the Nagarik Unmukti Party and the Nepal Federal Socialist Party have decided to support the government . Both parties have one member each in the provincial assembly. With the support of these two, the number of votes for the Sonal government is expected to reach 55.
There are currently 104 members in the 107-member provincial assembly. 53 votes are required for a majority. Accordingly, the Sonal-led government is expected to get a majority.
Currently, the government has 18 members from JSP Nepal, 11 from Janmat Party, 9 from Maoist Center, 8 from LSP, 7 from CPN (Unified Socialist), 1 from Nagarik Unmukti Party and 1 from Nepal Federal Socialist Party.
The largest party, UML, the second largest party, Congress, and the Janaswaraj Party, formed by splitting from Janmat, are preparing to sit in the opposition. Janaswaraj and RPP MPs intend to remain neutral.
