22 UML lawmakers close to Nepal-faction to skip today’s parliament meeting

KATHMANDU, May 10: Lawmakers close to a faction of the ruling CPN-UML's senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal have decided not to resign immediately.

A meeting of the lawmakers of the faction, which was held on Monday morning, decided not to join today’s meeting of parliament which is scheduled to vote on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s confidence motion.  According to Bhim Rawal, a leader of the faction, as many as 22 lawmakers will skip the special session of the House of Representatives (HoR).