Sher Bahadur Deuba wins vote of confidence in Nepal Parliament
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba secured a cushty majority within the House of Representatives on Sunday, Together with his Nepali Congress being joined by most other parties — including a neighborhood of the most Opposition Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) — in supporting the vote of confidence Tabled within the House on the primary day that it convened after it had been reinstated by the Supreme Court.
A total of 165 members voted in support of Deuba, with just 83, mostly loyalists of CPN-UML chairman and outgoing Prime minister K P Sharma Oli, casting their votes against.
The vote came after hours of debate, which saw a series of allegations and counter-allegations. The CPN-UML Maintained that Oli was right to dissolve the House and call new elections,...