Latest speech by PM Kp Sharma Oli

KATHMANDU: Amid speculations of Parliament dissolution, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday told Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal that he was ready to face the no-confidence motion at the Parliament. He, however, made it clear he would not put in papers.

Prime Minister Oli, who is also the chairman of CPN-UML, had invited Deuba and Dahal to his official residence in Baluwatar for a meeting today. Dahal’s party had withdrawn support to the coalition government and grouped up with the Nepali Congress to challenge Oli and his leadership at the Parliament with a n0-confidence motion.

The meeting lasted for for about an hour.

On the occasion, Deuba and Dahal asked the Prime Minister to resign and pave the way for formation of new government.

In response, Prime Minister Oli said he would not put in papers but face the House as the no-confidence motion was already registered, according to the Prime Minister’s press advisor Pramod Dahal.

Referring to the transitional provisions in the Constitution, which would not easily let the formation of new government happen, Prime Minister Oli further asked the two leaders, who forged an agreement to bring down the Oli-led coalition government, to look at the matter seriously, according to Dahal.