The Center will not interfere in the matter of removing the party leader or appointing someone else in the state, the Center has sent a representative to MP Rajan KC for facilitation - Vishwaprakash Sharma, General Minister, Congress
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Bagmati Province Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama and Member of Parliament Indra Bahadur Baniyan, who is also the Chairman of the Provincial Working Committee, have reached the point of disintegration of the provincial government.
At a time when there was growing dissatisfaction in the ruling parties Congress and UML over the budget of the state, Baniyas seized the opportunity and filed a motion of no confidence on Friday to remove Lama as the leader of the parliamentary party .
Lama took over the leadership of the government in Bagmati province after the equation between Congress and UML. There is dissatisfaction among the ruling parties towards the state government for irregularity in the budget. On this occasion, Baniyan plans to remove Lama from the leadership of the party and become the Chief Minister. For that purpose, Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and through Deuba, an official of Congress is also talking with UML.
According to the constitution, it is not mandatory to be the leader of the party parliamentary party to take the leadership of the united government . However, the Congress has been establishing the practice of making the leader of the parliamentary party at the center the prime minister and the leader of the provincial parliamentary party in the state as the chief minister. A leader close to him said that party chairman Deuba is also discussing with UML to make Banian the chief minister in favor of Lama's removal from the party leader. Both Lama and Baniyan belong to the Deuba faction. Both of them are from construction business background.
Why should I resign after being elected by the parliamentary party election? The no-confidence motion is not on the Chief Minister, but on the party leader . I will not resign - Bahadur Singh Lama, Chief Minister, Bagmati Province
Congress General Minister Bishwa Prakash Sharma said that the Center will not interfere in the matter of removing the party leader in the state or appointing someone else . He said that it has been decided that the Center will send only a representative for facilitation and MP Rajan KC will be sent for that. The parliamentary party of the province itself is independent. The Center will not interfere in any way, he said.
A few days ago, the Provincial Working Committee drew the attention of Chairman Deuba regarding the unsustainability of the budget, while MP Banian, who is also the Chairman of the Provincial Working Committee, had also been demanding Lama's resignation as per the pre-understanding . After that, Deuba told Lama over the phone to resign as per the agreement. However, after he refused, a motion of no confidence was filed to remove Lama from the leadership of the party under the leadership of Baniyan.
Baniyan has shown the reasons why the government failed to operate when the no-confidence motion was filed, the opposition role before leading the government was not effective and the agreement to rotate the chief minister for one year was not followed . When registering the motion of no confidence, there are 21 signatures, including MPs from the establishment party and the General Minister Gagan Thapa party .
Shekhar Koirala from the other side of the establishment is neutral in this case. Koirala has not entered into the politics of changing the Bagmati government because even the Baniyan who will replace Lama are from the establishment party. Congress has 37 MPs in Bagmati. Earlier, in the election of the party leader held on 13 December 2079, Lama defeated Baniyan by 5 votes. At that time, after Speaker Deuba put Lama forward, MPs from the Shekhar-Gagan group stood in favor of Baniyan.
Now Deuba is going to support Baniyan. Even though Deuba supported Baniyan, Lama has been saying that he will not resign. He also claimed that the propaganda made that there was an agreement between Baniyan and himself to take the Chief Minister for one year was a lie . If there was such a consensus, there would not have been an election for the leader of the parliamentary party. If I agree, let's not hold elections, let's divide the leader of the parliamentary party by half. He (Indra Baniyan) did not agree to the election," Lama said. "Why should I resign after being elected? The no-confidence motion is not on the Chief Minister, but on the party leader . I will not resign.'
On 30 June 2081, a new government was formed in the union of Congress and UML, except for Madhesh, a two-party coalition government was also formed in the province. With Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli handing over power to Congress President Deuba at the center, there is an agreement that the leadership will change in the province as well. However, in the case of Bagmati, Baniyas have entered the field to remove Lama within a year. It is suspected that this will sow more instability in the provincial government .
"If I am removed from here, it will spread to other provinces as well, the provincial government will become unstable," Lama said, "In the budget, the parliamentarians have received as much budget as they have asked for". The direct got a minimum of 50 million to 80 million rupees, while proportional MPs got up to 30 million . This is not a matter of dissatisfaction .'
