Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari Monday prorogued the country’s Parliament after the government headed by Prime Minister K P Oli lost a vote of confidence following several months of bickering among factions within the ruling party.
The vote of confidence placed by Oli before the 271-member House of Representatives secured 93 votes in favour and 124 against.
At least 28 dissidents from the ruling Nepal Communist Party – Unified Marxist Leninist (NCP-UML), including former prime ministers Jhalanath Khanal and Madhav Kumar Nepal, abstained from voting, and are likely to lose their House seats for defying the party whip.Read more…
