Province 1 CM Rai to take trust vote on Wednesday

Ratopati November 17, 2021

Province 1 CM Rai to take trust vote on Wednesday

KATHMANDU, November 17: The newly appointed chief minister of Province 1 Rajendra Rai is scheduled to take a vote of confidence on Wednesday.

Earlier, Rai was scheduled to take a vote of confidence on Tuesday but the meeting was postponed as the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’ staged ‘banda’ (general shutdown).

Rai was appointed CM of Province 1 on November 2.

According to CM Rai, the province is likely to have a Cabinet of no more than 11 members. Currently, the province comprises seven ministries.

Of 92 province assembly members, Rai apparently has the support of 50 lawmakers of five parties in the provincial assembly. There are currently 21 lawmakers of Nepali Congress, 10 of CPN (Unified Socialist), 15 of CPN (Maoist Center), three of JSP and one of Sanghiya Loktantrik Manch.

Meanwhile, the main opposition party CPN-UML has currently 39 lawmakers in the provincial assembly excluding the Speaker and an absconding lawmaker.

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