KATHMANDU, April 15: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province Khagaraj Adhikari is preparing to seek the vote of confidence before a hearing in the Supreme Court in a case filed against his recent appointment.

Parliamentary Party (PP) leader of the Nepali Congress (NC) Gandaki Province Surendraraj Pandey lodged a writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) against CM Adhikari on April 9 demanding the annulment of the appointment of the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Gandaki Province. Pandey is the outgoing chief minister of Gandaki Province.

Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Surendraraj Pandey filed a petition at the SC arguing that the appointment of CM Adhikari with the backing of the CPN (Maoist Center) leader Krishna Dhital, who became the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly, is unconstitutional.

However, the Chief Minister Adhikari is preparing to take the vote of confidence before the hearing of the case at the SC, according to the minister without portfolio Hari Bahadur Chuman, who is also the spokesperson for the provincial government.