Chief Minister Adhikari gets vote of confidence

Gandaki, May 5: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Khagaraj Adhikari has won a vote of confidence from the Gandaki Province Assembly meeting on Sunday.     

Speaker of Gandaki Province Assembly Krishna Prasad Dhital announced that Chief Minister Adhikari's proposal tabled at the province assembly meeting was approved with a majority of votes.     

A total of 30 province assembly members seconded the proposal tabled by Chief Minister Adhikari while 27 voted against the motion. Likewise, two province assembly members chose to remain neutral.     

The province assembly members of the CPN (UML), Maoist Centre, and an independent voted for Adhikari while Nepali Congress lawmakers voted against Adhikari's proposal.     

The NC province assembly members protested the Speaker's announcement after he declared the voting by 30 as a majority of votes by making a basis for the Supreme Court (SC) verdict.     

Earlier, Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader in Gandaki Province Surendra Raj Pandey asked the Speaker not to take a side and urged the Speaker to consider the message written in the constitution.     

Likewise, the parliamentary party leader of CPN (Maoist Centre) in Gandaki Hari Bahadur Chuman asked the Speaker to act as a referee adding that the Speaker has the responsibility to safeguard the Gandaki Province Assembly from its dissolution.(RSS)