Madhesh chief minister to seek confidence vote on November 14

The Madhesh provincial assembly has been summoned to meet on November 14, when Chief Minister Krishna Prasad Yadav is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence. The assembly's Business Advisory Committee will meet on the afternoon of November 13 to decide the agenda for the session, Speaker Yadav said. Chief Minister Yadav is seeking a vote of confidence after the CPN-UML and the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), both of which were part of his government, withdrew their support.

Yadav wrote to the provincial assembly secretariat on Wednesday, requesting that a meeting be convened at 1 pm on November 14 for the confidence vote. He said talks with various political parties were under way to secure the required support and would continue until the vote. Four ministers from the CPN-UML, which was part of the Nepali Congress-led government, collectively resigned on October 11 and withdrew their party's support.

The 107-member Madhesh Provincial Assembly requires the support of at least 54 members for a government to retain a majority.