As per the constitutional provision, Chief Minister Shah Biswas was forced to take a vote of confidence after the Civil Liberties Party, which is a partner in power, withdrew its support on June 20.
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Far Paschim Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah is going to take the vote of confidence on Thursday, July 15th.
On Monday, the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party meeting decided to take a vote of confidence. Congress Chief Whip Vikramsingh Dhami said that the whip has been issued in accordance with Section 28 of the Political Party Act 2073 on mandatory attendance, mandatory voting and non-neutrality on polling day.
After the Civil Liberties Party, which is a partner in power, withdrew its support on June 20, Chief Minister Shah Biswas was forced to take a vote of confidence as per the constitutional provisions. According to clause 2 of Article 188 of the Constitution, if the party participating in the government withdraws its support, the Chief Minister must take a vote of confidence within 30 days . "If the party represented by the Chief Minister splits or if the party participating in the provincial government withdraws its support, the Chief Minister shall submit a proposal to the Provincial Assembly for a vote of confidence within 30 days," Article 188 (2) states.
There are currently 18 MPs from the Nepali Congress and 11 MPs from the other power partner UML in Far West. Only the MPs of both the parties can reach the majority in favor of the Chief Minister . There are 53 MPs in the Sudurpaschim Province Assembly and 27 people are needed for a majority. The number of Congress and UML MPs reaches 29 .
Citizens' Liberation Party, which has seven MPs, has withdrawn its support, but Chief Whip Dhami said the dialogue is continuing. Discussions are also going on with civil liberties. We believe that the citizens will probably also vote in favor of the vote of confidence. In the current situation, apart from the speaker of the Maoist center, 10 MPs, 7 from the Civil Liberties, 3 from the United Socialist Party, 1 from the RPP and one independent MP are seen in the opposition.
