KATHMANDU – Chief Minister of the Bagmati province government, Shalikram Jammakattel is taking vote of confidence at 1.00 pm today.
A meeting of the province assembly business advisory committee on Sunday had fixed the agenda with a decision to put the proposal relating to the vote of confidence for discussion in Bagmati province assembly today.
According to Province Assembly secretary Krishna Hari Khadka, the meeting has decided to take a vote of confidence in the meeting of the Province Assembly to be held today. The meeting is scheduled to discuss the proposal related to the vote of confidence of CM Jammakattel and present it for decision.
Chief Minister Jamkattel will present the motion related to the vote of confidence in the province assembly meeting and assembly members from different parties will give their views on the proposal, secretary Khadka said. Chief Minister Jammakattel was compelled to seek a vote of confidence after the Nepali Congress withdrew its support from the province government. Accordingly, he had registered a proposal with the Secretariat regarding taking the vote of confidence.
The CM needs a total of 56 votes in the Province Assembly to sustain the government. In the Bagmati province, CPN (UML) has 27 members, Maoist Centre 21, CPN (Unified Socialist) seven, Hamro Nepali Party two, Nepali Congress 37, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 13 and Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party three.
