Kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli met with former President Bidya Devi Bhandari at her residence in Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu.
In the meeting, which lasted for about two hours, PM Oli and former president Bhandari discussed about the latest political activities of the CPN-UML and contemporary issues, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat has stated.
Kathmandu- CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has been appointed as the Prime Minister. President Ramchandra Paudel has appointed Oli as Prime Minister according to Article 76(2) of the Constitution.
After Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda did not receive a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives meeting on Friday, Oli, on the call of President Paudel, submitted his claim to the Prime Ministership with the support of the UML and Nepali Congress along with other small parties.
According to the President’s Office, the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been scheduled for 11 am on Monday.
Kathmandu: The two largest parties in the House of Representatives, Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party (UML) have submitted their claims for the new Prime Minister. After President Ramchandra Paudel called to submit claims for the post of Prime Minister according to clause (2) of Article 76 of the Constitution of Nepal, two parties submitted their claims.
UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula said that Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and UML President KP Sharma Oli submitted a claim to the President for the appointment of Oli as the Prime Minister with the signatures of the majority of members as party leaders.
After Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal did not receive a vote of confidence in the meeting of the House of Representatives today, President Paudel requested a claim to appoint a Prime minister from the members of the House of Representatives who can obtain a majority with the support of two or more parties represented in the House of Representatives in accordance with clause (2) of Article 76 of the Constitution of Nepal.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, will not be attending the upcoming 77th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
During the participation in the UN general assembly, Pm Deuba was supposed to have a bilateral visit between the US and Nepal. But as the date of the election in Nepal has been fixed and no concrete date from the US for a bilateral visit has been set, he will not be attending the UN General Assembly.
Earlier, arrangements were made to hold a bilateral visit between US and Nepal. But it was postponed after the rejection of SPP by the Nepal government in June.
According to the information received, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka will attend the UN general assembly on behalf of Nepal. But no decision has been finalised yet and the next cabinet meeting will decide regarding the matter, said an official of foreign affairs.
Usually, The head of government or head of state of the member countries of the United Nations participates in the General Assembly and express their views on the world stage on behalf of their respective countries.
Nepali Congress President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has claimed that MCC is not Treason and has requested to respond about MCC only after reading it first.
Addressing the eighth general convention of the CPN-Maoist Center, Deuba urged the people to speak only after studying the MCC. He said, “If MCC is treason, then I don’t want it either.”
He also said that he had been fighting for Nepal’s nationality for a long time and would not sign any treaty that would betray the nation. “I am also the Prime Minister of Nepal. Could I ever go against Nepal’s nationality?” I am also a person who fought for the nation, why should I make such a treacherous treaty? ‘, Deuba asked.
He also expressed the confidence that the MCC would be passed by consensus.
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