Janamat’s Bold Stand: No Confidence Vote Against Dahal Government!

The Janamat Party has declared its stance against extending a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s government. According to spokesperson Sharad Singh Yadav, this decision was reached during the party’s secretariat meeting held on Tuesday.

With the floor test scheduled for Wednesday, the Janamat Party’s announcement adds a new dimension to the ongoing political landscape. Spokesperson Yadav emphasized the party’s determination to oppose the government during the crucial vote.

This development comes amidst discussions of a potential reshaping of the ruling coalition. A meeting convened at Baluwatar on March 3, involving Maoist Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane, and Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav, had laid the groundwork for a possible coalition reconfiguration. Since then, CPN (Unified Socialist) has also thrown its weight behind this initiative.

The previous coalition was formed around a year ago before the election for president after Dahal broke the then coalition with UML. NC, Maoist Center, JSP and Unified Socialist had then decided to revive the pre-election alliance.

Dahal had quit the pre-election alliance with NC and Unified Socialist on December 25, 2022 and became prime minister (PM) with support of CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party, RPP, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), Janamat Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party after Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba refused to make him PM first.

Oli had assured NC that UML will not ally with Maoist Center at any cost and would instead ally with NC to form the new government to encourage Deuba to break the agreement to make Dahal PM first.

PM Dahal has decided to take floor test on Wednesday.

UML has 79 seats in the House of Representatives (HoR), Maoist Center 32, RSP 21, JSP 12, and Unified Socialist 10 and they comfortably cross the 138 seats necessary to form the government.