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A paramedic attends to a COVID-19 patient outside an emergency ward of a government-run hospital in Kathmandu on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha)
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KATHMANDU: Political turmoil has returned to Nepal, which has had eight different governments in a decade and is experiencing its worst COVID-19 surge with acute shortages of health facilities and oxygen for patients.
Their hopes for stability lost, the people are angry at the government and the politicians they elected.
Binaj Gurubacharya May 12, 2021 - 11:25 PM
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) â Political turmoil has returned to Nepal, which has had eight different governments in a decade and is experiencing its worst COVID-19 surge with acute shortages of health facilities and oxygen for patients.
Their hopes for stability lost, the people are angry at the government and the politicians they elected.
âThe leaders have failed us again while people are dying in their homes, street and hospital parking lots while the politicians are fighting on who gets to be the prime minister,â said Hari Sah, a plumber who was trying to buy rice and lentils for his family in the two hours people are allowed to shop during an ongoing virus lockdown.
Nepal prime minister loses confidence vote in parliament
BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press
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1of5Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli speaks at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 10, 2021. Oli asked parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday in an attempt to show he still has enough support to stay in power despite an expected second split within his governing party.Niranjan Shrestha/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, center, arrives at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 10, 2021. Oli asked parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday in an attempt to show he still has enough support to stay in power despite an expected second split within his governing party.Niranjan Shrestha/APShow MoreShow Less
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Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli speaks at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, May 10, 2021. Oli asked parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday in an attempt to show he still has enough support to stay in power despite an expected second split within his governing party. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s prime minister lost a vote of confidence in parliament Monday, ending his attempt to show he has enough support to remain in office.
Only 93 lawmakers backed Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, while 124 voted against him. A new rival faction within his governing party abstained.
Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli Loses Vote of Confidence in Parliament
Reports said that 93 lawmakers voted in favour of PM Oli, while 124 of them voted against him, and 15 abstained.
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Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday, 10 May, lost a confidence vote in the country’s parliament.
The Nepalese PM faced a floor test in Parliament on Monday and
needed 136 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives to win the vote of confidence.
However, reports said that 93 lawmakers voted in favour of PM Oli while 124 of them voted against him, and 15 abstained.
Following the political development, the former PM held a Cabinet meeting on Monday.