KATHMANDU, March 7: The CPN (Unified Socialist) has officially announced the withdrawal of its support earlier extended to the Sudurpaschim Province government.
Likewise, the party has terminated its alliance with the Nepali Congress (NC) and has instead opted to join the new coalition government composed of the CPN (Maoist Center), CPN-UML, and RSP at the central level, effective Wednesday.
As a consequence of this decision, the CPN (Unified Socialist) has also withdrawn its support to the provincial government.
CPN (Unified Socialist) decides to support govt to pass budget
Naresh Kumar Shahi, the Minister for Economic Affairs in the province, tendered his resignation amidst the political realignment during a meeting with Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah.
The Sudurpaschim Provincial Assembly currently has four lawmakers representing the Unified Socialist party.
The party is expected to convene a parliamentary committee meeting to formally decide the withdrawal of its support to the government.
With both the CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist) withdrawing their support, the government led by NC in the province has now fallen into minority.
To form a government in the province, the support of at least 27 provincial assembly members is required.
However, CM Shah now only has the support of 25 lawmakers, including 18 from the NC and seven from the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP).
