74 MPs, excluding the CPN-UML, had approached the Supreme Court demanding that the decision to make Yadav the Chief Minister be nullified.
What you should know
The Supreme Court has ordered the hearing of the writ petition filed by 74 lawmakers in the Madhesh Province Chief Minister dispute on November 10. Similarly, the Supreme Court has also asked to submit the entire file related to the appointment of UML lawmaker Saroj Kumar Yadav as the Chief Minister on November 11.
A single bench of Justice Nityanand Pandey said that discussions between both parties were necessary to issue the interim order sought by the petitioner, and the bench fixed the matter for the 30th.
74 lawmakers, excluding the CPN-UML, had approached the Supreme Court demanding that the decision to make Yadav the Chief Minister be nullified. An interim order was also issued on Tuesday in this dispute. The Supreme Court had also asked Saroj Kumar Yadav, who was appointed as the Chief Minister, not to make any long-term decisions.
Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party Leader Krishna Prasad Yadav, JSP Nepal Parliamentary Party Leader Saroj Kumar Yadav, Maoist Centre Parliamentary Party Deputy Leader Yubaraj Bhattarai, and LSP Parliamentary Party Leader Jayalun Rai have approached the Supreme Court.
There are 107 lawmakers in Madhesh Province. 54 lawmakers is the majority number to form a government. UML has 25 MPs including the Speaker, Congress 22, JSP 19, Janmat 13, Maoist 9, LSP 9, CPN (S) 7, Federal Socialist Party, RPP and Nagarik Unmukti Party 1 each. Of these, UML MP Dipendra Thakur, JSP MP Saroj Singh Kushwaha, and LSP MP Abhiram Sharma are suspended. The current number of members in the Madhesh Provincial Assembly is 104.
The provincial chief administered the oath of office to UML leader Saroj Yadav as the Chief Minister early on Monday at a hotel in Bardibas. The dispute has reached the court after it was criticized as politically, constitutionally and morally wrong.
