Kathmandu: Nepal’s newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli easily won the trust vote in Parliament on Sunday. About a week ago, he took oath to lead another coalition government in the country. To form a government, support of at least 138 members is required in Nepal’s 275-member House of Representatives. Oli got 188 votes. He got 50 votes more than the required support
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PM was sworn in on Monday
Senior Communist leader Oli (72) was sworn in as the country’s Prime Minister for the fourth time on Monday. Oli took the oath of office and secrecy along with 21 other members of the cabinet. According to Nepal’s Constitution, it was necessary for Oli to get a vote of confidence from Parliament within 30 days of his appointment.
Oli will hand over power to Deuba after two years under coalition agreement
Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday for the first time revealed the details of his party’s secret seven-point agreement with the Nepali Congress, under which he will hand over power to his coalition partner leader Sher Bahadur Deuba after leading the government for two years. While presenting his proposal to seek a vote of confidence in Parliament, Oli revealed the agreement reached two weeks ago with his Nepali Communist Party- Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the House of Representatives, to topple the coalition government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. Addressing the House of Representatives, Oli said, “According to the seven-point agreement, I will lead the government for the next two years and Nepali Congress President Deuba will lead the government for the remaining period (of one and a half years).” Till now the seven-point agreement between 78-year-old Deuba and 72-year-old Oli remained secret, which had raised doubts in the minds of many leaders of the ruling party. Earlier, Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa had also demanded Oli to make this agreement public in Parliament.
