Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal struggles to expand cabinet

Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is still struggling to expand his Cabinet.

According to a report in the Kathmandu Post, “As Dahal has been overseeing 16 ministries on his own, it shows the complexity of power-sharing among the coalition partners.”

Dahal had earlier repeatedly announced that he would pick new ministers within a few days but failed to walk the talk.

PM Dahal got a vote of confidence for the second time in 70 days, this time with a different set of coalition partners.

Prime Minister Dahal secured 172 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives. Other 89 lawmakers voted against him whereas one abstained.

Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, CPN-Unified Socialist, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, Janamat Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party, Rastriya Janamorcha and Aam Janata Party voted in his favour. CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party voted against him. Nepal Workers and Peasants Party abstained.

Dahal, 68, sought a vote of confidence as two parties in the seven-party alliance – Rastriya Prajatantra Party and CPN-UML – withdrew support to his government. They refused to endorse Prachanda’s proposal to back Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Paudel for the post of president.

Dahal, who was sworn in as the country’s Prime Minister in December, comfortably passed the first floor test on January 10 with 268 votes after all parties except the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party and the Rastriya Janamorcha voted in favour of the government.

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