Nepal Politics: Difficulty for Prachanda government in Nepal, resignation of four ministers including deputy prime minister – nepal coalition in trouble as four ministers including deputy pm resign
Kathmandu: Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) president and four ministers of the party, including Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Rajendra Lingden, submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” on Saturday. The RPP has decided to withdraw from the government in view of the formation of a new coalition of eight parties, including Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, Janata Samajwadi Party and CPN (Unified Socialist) Party, to support the candidature of Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Paudel for the post of President. Have decided.
However, the RPP has not formally announced its withdrawal of support from the government. In the Council of Ministers, RPP leader Lingden held the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Deputy Speaker Bikram Pandey held the Ministry of Urban Development and leader Dhruv Bahadur Pradhan held the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Similarly, Deepak Bahadur Singh was the Minister of State for Energy.
RPP fifth largest party
The RPP is the fifth largest party in the 275-member House of Representatives with 14 seats. The ruling coalition has suffered a setback with CPN (Maoist Centre) chairman and Prime Minister Prachanda endorsing Nepali Congress leader Ramchandra Poudel for the presidency. The presidential election has raised questions over the future of the seven-party ruling coalition.
