MPs of Congress and UML declared their vote in favor of vote of confidence. 63 MPs voted in favor of Baniyan. There were 22 votes against him and 7 MPs were neutral.
Bagmati Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniyan has received a vote of confidence from the Provincial Assembly amid internal strife within his own party.
Baniyan, who was appointed Chief Minister on 20th July after replacing the government led by Bahadur Singh Lama, took the vote of confidence in the meeting of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly on Tuesday.
MPs of Congress and UML declared their vote in favor of vote of confidence. 63 MPs voted in his favor. There were 22 votes against him and 7 MPs were neutral. 56 MPs were required for a vote of confidence in the 110-member state assembly. There are 37 Congress MPs and 27 UML MPs in the state assembly.
One Congress MP did not participate in the meeting because he was abroad. 92 MPs were present in the meeting of the Provincial Assembly. The Congress and UML parliamentary parties had issued whips to vote in favor of the vote of confidence. Maoist Center, RPP, CPN (S), Nemkipa and our Nepali Party voted against Chief Minister Banyan.
14 MPs of their own party, Congress, said they would vote against the vote of confidence due to the dispute within the party, but after pressure from the central leadership, they entered the new building of the state assembly at the time of the meeting. They voted in favor of Baniyan. Because of them, the meeting scheduled for 4 pm was delayed by about an hour.
There are 14 ministries in Bagmati. Congress got 8 ministries including Chief Minister and UML got 6 ministries. UML has already sent 6 ministers to the government while Congress has sent only two ministers. Ministers from Congress include Water, Energy and Irrigation Minister Krishna Kumar Tamang and Shivraj Adhikari. The official's ministry has not been specified. Both habits are close.
