Kathmandu: Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ as its prime minister on Wednesday, and he has now been voted on confidence three times.

The CPN-UML, Maoist Centre, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Janata Socialist Party (JSP), CPN (Unified Socialist), Nagarik Unmukti Party, and Independent were among the 157 members of the House of Representatives who gave him the vote of confidence.

110 members of the Nepali Congress, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Janamorcha, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) Voted against and MP Prem Suwal of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party maintained his neutrality. A total of 268 MPs were present during the voting in the Parliament building at Naya Baneshwor in Kathmandu.

110 members of the Nepali Congress, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Janamorcha, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) Voted against and MP Prem Suwal of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party maintained his neutrality. A total of 268 MPs were present during the voting in the Parliament building at Naya Baneshwor in Kathmandu.

The vote comes days after the Maoist leader dumped the Nepali Congress and forged a new alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).

110 members of the Nepali Congress, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Janamorcha, and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) Voted against and MP Prem Suwal of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party maintained his neutrality. A total of 268 MPs were present during the voting in the Parliament building at Naya Baneshwor in Kathmandu.

On 26 Poush 2079, Prachanda was given an unusual mandate by the House of Representatives when he was first given the vote of confidence. At that point, votes from the Nepali Congress, Unified Socialist, and LSP—parties not part of the ruling coalition—also came in favour of Prime Minister Prachanda, with 268 out of 275 members voting in favour.

On June 6, 2079, Prachanda was given the vote of confidence for the second time. The CPN (Unified Socialist) and RPP voted against him, with 172 votes going in favour of him and 89 votes against.

Following the development of a new equation, the Nepali Congress withdrew its support, and Prachanda felt compelled to ask for a vote of confidence for the third time. Prime Minister Prachanda claimed there was no need to split from the Congress coalition when he appeared in the House of Representatives to request a vote of confidence for the third time.

“There has been a perception that continuing the old coalition (with the Congress) will lead to instability, and the future may be bleak,” Prachanda replied.

As part of his resignation, Prachanda also brought up the possibility of a coalition change in response to queries posed by MPs one after the other. “… There was still an option to resign or form another coalition once,” he said.

It would seem from the conversation and his answer that he was personally wary of the coalition. For he was worried not just about the opposition’s vote but also about the coalition partners’ wrath and animosity. He specifically said, “Congress and the Unified Socialist Party together will govern,” which clearly unsettled the coalition partners.

“When our comrade KP Oli speaks, if someone says not to speak or uses a harsh tone, it means they have used a different language, they have touched a nerve,” Prachanda stated. “And it was said that former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will also speak,” he stated. “Speak, I say speak, use your voice, cooperate.”

Throughout the conversation, Oli refrained from talking about anything else.

Prachanda voiced concerns throughout the meeting, but Oli refrained from bringing up a fresh subject with the Congress. “I heard that nothing is happening in the caste system,” Oli had stated. The Nepali Congress has not been contacted if nothing is occurring. Regarding the Maoists, nothing is occurring.”

“I would like to say, let Sher Bahadur Ji speak, let’s talk,” Oli said.

Prachanda expressed concerns about Oli’s aggressive gesture towards Congress during his speech.

In addition, the Prime Minister was chastised by Janata Samajwadi Party chief Rajkumar Yadav during his speech. Deputy Speaker Indira Ranamagar interrupted Yadav, who was speaking continuously above the allocated time, by taking away his microphone.

Additionally, Yadav forewarned the Prime Minister by disparagingly equating him with Ambanis. You will remain in the middle if you don’t move away from us and keep being in the middle, piercing the sack from the outside and applying salt to the wound. What about this is unethical?” stated Yadav.

Similarly, there was a move to gain power quickly when Ravi Lamichhane proposed to Congress that he be nominated as prime minister within 48 hours.