The parties had approached the Supreme Court against the government formed in accordance with Article 168, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
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A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against the appointment process of the Chief Minister of Madhesh Province. The parties had approached the Supreme Court against the government formed under Article 168, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
The writ petition has the signatures of 74 provincial MPs from Madhesh. The writ petition has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Krishna Prasad Yadav, JSP Nepal parliamentary party leader Saroj Kumar Yadav, Maoist Center parliamentary party deputy leader Yubaraj Bhattarai, LOSPA parliamentary party leader Jayalun Rain and other leaders had reached the Supreme Court.
Madhesh Province has 107 MPs. The number of 54 MPs is the majority to form a government. UML has 25 including the Speaker, Congress 22, JSP 19, Janmat 13, Maoist 9, LOSPA 9, CPN (S) 7, Federal Socialist Party, RPP and Nagarik Unmukti Party have 1 MP each. Of these, UML MP Dipendra Thakur, JSP MP Saroj Singh Kushwaha, LOSPA MP Abhiram Sharma are suspended. The current number of members in the Madhesh Province Assembly is 104.
Province Chief Sumitra Bhandari administered the oath of office to UML leader Saroj Yadav as Chief Minister early on Monday at a hotel in Bardibas. It is being criticized as politically, constitutionally and morally wrong.
