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Nepal s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deubaon Sunday won a vote of confidence in parliament averting a general election in the Himalayan nation amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Deuba sprang a surprise on Sunday by seeking a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Representatives and won it comfortably.
The 75-year-old President of the Nepali Congress who was appointed as the prime minister as per the Article 76(5) of the Constitution on July 12 following Supreme Court s intervention, secured 165 votes in the 275-member House.
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Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba Set To Seek Vote Of Confidence: Reports Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba Set To Seek Vote Of Confidence: Reports The first meeting of the restored House will be held at 4 pm local time Sunday at the Federal Parliament Building, New Baneshwar.
Sher Bahadur Deuba must garner at least 136 votes to win parliament s confidence.
Kathmandu [Nepal]:
Nepal s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to face a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of parliament on Sunday, according to media reports.
Sher Bahadur Deuba, 75, the president of Nepali Congress, took the oath of office and secrecy on July 13, a day after a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months.
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba set to seek parliament s vote of confidence
A failure to win the vote of confidence by PM Sher Bahadur Deuba will lead to the dissolution of the House, and elections will be held within six months.
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KATHMANDU: Nepal s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to face a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of parliament on Sunday, July 18, 2021, according to media reports.
Deuba, 75, the president of Nepali Congress, took the oath of office and secrecy on July 13, a day after a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months.
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba set to seek vote of confidence
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Last Updated: Jul 18, 2021, 12:49 PM IST
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The lower house was unconstitutionally dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari for the second time in five months on May 22 at the recommendation of then Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.
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A total of 26 lawmakers belonging to UML, who are close to Madhav Nepal, had backed Deuba when he staked a claim for Premiership under Article 76(5) of the Constitution.
Nepal s new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is set to face a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of parliament on Sunday, according to media reports. Deuba, 75, the president of Nepali Congress, took the oath of office and secrecy on July 13, a day after a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months.