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.