No-confidence motion registered against Lumbini CM Pokharel

KATHMANDU, May 9: Opposition parties including the Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) have registered no-confidence motion against chief minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel for the second time on Sunday.

Fakharudin Khan, whip of Nepali Congress in the province told Ratopati  that as many as 40 lawmakers of the 79-member province assembly have signed the motion, which was registered at the province assembly secretariat on Sunday itself. Similarly, Maoist lawmaker Kul Prasad KC has been proposed as the new CM to replace Pokharel. 

He also shared that they are preparing to go to the governor of the province to ask the latter to call a special session of the province assembly in order to decide on the motion. 

The Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) had filed a no-confidence motion against Pokharel earlier on April 19. Pokharel, however, stepped down from the post of chief minister as a no confidence motion registered against him was scheduled to be tabled and discussed at the special session of Lumbini Province Assembly. 

However, hours after his resignation from the position of the chief minister, Governor of Lumbini Province, Dharmanath Yadav re-appointed him for the same position on May 2.