With the expiration of the deadline to stake the claim for the Prime Minister, Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel has appointed KP Sharma Oli (72) as the next Prime Minister.
KP Sharma Oli is set to become Nepal's new Prime Minister, on Sunday evening, setting him up for his fourth prime ministerial term. Meanwhile, the Oli's Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Nepali Congress (NC) coalition are finalising ministerial list ministers
KP Sharma Oli, Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) will be staking a claim for the Prime Minister today itself after President Ram Chandra Paudel's call to form a new government.
The CPN- UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist) has issued a whip to its lawmakers to vote against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka 'Prachanda' ahead of Friday's vote of confidence.
The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) in Nepal, another ally of the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda has deserted him ahead of the vote of confidence scheduled for next week.
In a change of stance, Nepal's Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has decided not to immediately walk out of the government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is battling a political crisis following withdrawal of support by CPN-UML
The incumbent government under Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" has collapsed in Nepal as coalition ministers resign en-masse retracting support.
The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) under the leadership of KP Sharma Oli on Monday gave a 24-hour ultimatum to Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' to step down from the post.