Kathmandu, Nepal, March 20,2023: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has received the vote of confidence for the second time from the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday.

Prime Minister Dahal, who is also the chairman of the CPN Maoist Center, received 172 votes from eight ruling party alliance that includes Nepali Congress, his own party CPN Maoist Center, Rastriya Swatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party, CPN (Unified Socialist), Janamat Party, Loktantrik Samajbadi Party and Nagarik Unmukti Party. Independent parliamentarians Prabhu Shah, Amresh Kumar Singh and Yogendra Mandal also voted in favor of Prime Minister Dahal.

The lawmakers from the CPN-UML and RPP voted against of the Prime Minister Dahal while Nepal Workers and Peasants’ Party remained neutral in the voting process.