Oli received 188 votes in the 275-member parliament, with 74 votes in opposition and one abstinent, the house speaker announced. On Sunday, a total of 263 lawmakers were present at the meeting. The prime minister required at least 138 votes to win the trust motion.
Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, will be taking a vote of confidence on Sunday, a week after taking over the charges of the office.
The youth wing of the opposition CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist), the Yuwa Sangh, took out a torch rally on Wednesday evening ahead of a show of strength by the party on Thursday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 28 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Sher Shah Deuba on Saturday claimed that Lipulekh, Limpiyadhura and Kalapani are their territories.
Kathmandu [Nepal], January 23 (ANI): Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has tested positive for COVID-19, senior leaders from the opposition CPN-UML confirmed.
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): The Embassy of Nepal in India on Saturday refused to comment on remarks made by former Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli over a territorial issue with India.
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 24 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Thursday reshuffled portfolios of ministers in his five-membered cabinet after the country's Supreme Court annulled the two previous cabinet expansions carried out by him.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 20 (ANI): After Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli failed to prove majority in the Parliament, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, upon recommendation of the Cabinet, has called on parties to prove majority and claim over the premiership.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 8 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called an emergency cabinet meeting at his official residence in Baluwatar on Saturday evening which was likely to discuss the COVID-19 crisis.