Bagmati Province Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama has refused to resign despite losing the status of the leader of the party state parliamentary party. Since the leader of the party is no more, moral and political questions have arisen on Lama at the same time. However, he has not thought of resigning.

MP Indra Bahadur Baniyan party leader has been elected in the place of Lama in the state parliamentary election of Congress held on Wednesday. Out of 37 Congress MPs in the state assembly, 22 votes were cast in favor of Baniyan and 14 in favor of Lama. One vote was void. 

Lama talked to Kantipu and said that he will not resign even if he is not the leader of the party. Even if the leader of the party is not there, it does not mean that he has to resign as the Chief Minister. The constitution does not even stipulate that a party leader should be the leader of the joint government. I am currently in discussions with the alliance partner UML," Lama said, "I believe that UML is not in favor of introducing political instability in the province by changing the government repeatedly.

Although moral and political questions have arisen on Lama after the loss of the leader of the

party, he is not thinking of resigning. In this case, to remove him immediately, UML should formally decide to withdraw from the government. In that case, after the coalition partner UML leaves the government, Lama will have to take a vote of confidence within 30 days. Lama, who was appointed as the Chief Minister on 8th July 2081, is not allowed to submit a motion of no confidence for two years, so that system is not attractive to him now.

Article 76(2) of the Constitution in the case of the Union and Article 168(2) of the Constitution in the case of the state does not require a party leader to be the leader of the United Government. Article 168 (2) of the constitution states that "in the absence of a clear majority of any party, the member of the provincial assembly who can obtain a majority with the support of two or more parties represented in the provincial assembly will be appointed as the chief minister by the head of the province."

According to constitutionalist Tikaram Bhattarai, the life of the Lama-led government is now in the hands of the coalition's partner parties. "He can be removed by a vote of confidence only if the partner party of the coalition is out of the government as he does not resign and no no confidence motion is attracted," said Bhattarai, adding that all other options are only moral and political matters. Even though Lama is not the leader of the party, constitutionally there is no problem or challenge for him till today.' 

Bhattarai says that since all the governments of the Union and the states are decided by Congress and UML at the center, it is not a mature decision to proceed with the process of changing the Chief Minister without their advice and consultation. The two parties have formed the government up to the union and the state only for the stability of the government. But for one partner of the alliance to play the game of instability is also against the seven-point agreement," Bhattarai added.  Since

, UML has said that it is waiting for a formal decision to be taken by the Congress. Mahesh Bertaula, the chief whip of the UML parliamentary party elected to the House of Representatives from Makwanpur, said that the institutional decision made by the Congress will be accepted. 

'Contradiction within the Congress is its internal matter. It would have been better if these kinds of contradictions had not come up when they were trying to ensure good governance. But after choosing the new leader of the party, UML will take the decision according to the institutional decision of the Congress, Bertaula said, "The Congress will take the leadership for the first two years." After the Congress parliamentary party has made a decision, there is nothing that the UML will do below the institutional decision that it will make. Cooperation and co-operation with Congress will be based on institutional decisions. UML takes decisions not on the basis of who will be the character within the party, but on the basis of its institutional decision. The collaboration with the Congress at the center has progressed in the same way.' 

Baniyan, who was elected as the leader of the party on Wednesday, said that he will go through the constitutional process to appoint a new chief minister. As the party constitution states that the leader of the provincial parliamentary party will take the leadership of the chief minister, Lama said that it would be appropriate to pave the way according to the political, moral and party constitution. 

Baniyan says that if he does not resign, the constitutional process will proceed accordingly. 'Yesterday, in the capacity in which he became the Chief Minister. If there is no leader of the party today, it would be best to guide them in the same way. If there is no resignation, we are consulting on how to proceed according to the constitutional process,' Banian said, 'The alternative to not resigning is that what is in the constitution will happen.' 

Both Chief Minister Lama and Baniyan are close to Sher Bahadur Deuba. Deuba supported Lama in the parliamentary party leader election held in the second week of January 2079. At that time, Deuba was on Lama's side. Congress leader Shekhar Koirala's majority MPs also supported Lama. Parliamentarians near Chief Minister Gagan Thapa stood in favor of Baniyan. The Lama-led government has been widely criticized for bringing in irregularities in the budget, and Banian, who is covering the opportunity, started the game to change the chief minister, and the party chairman Deuba supported him. Lama, who was elected leader of the parliamentary party after losing by five votes this time, was defeated by five votes this time.