Biratnagar, Aug 21 : Chief Minister of Koshi Province Uddhav Thapa is seeking a vote of confidence today itself. A meeting of the Province Assembly had been called for 3:00 pm for this purpose, Province Assembly Secretary Gopal Prasad Prajuli said.
Israial Mansuri will preside over the Assembly meeting. Deputy Speaker Sirjana Danuwar had given the responsibility of running the meeting to Mansuri, citing that she had to travel out of the Province due to a sudden health issue.
In a notice, she said she would not be able to chair the PA meeting today and the immediate next meeting.
Four PA members were assigned with the duty to run the PA meeting in the absence of Speaker and Deputy Speaker. Of them, senior most PA member Malati Kumari Limbu on August 18 and the next senior most Ambar Bahadur Bista notified that they would be absent from the August 21 meeting. So, the duty of operating the meeting has gone to Mansuri, it has been said.
Meanwhile, CPN (UML)’s Taradevi Dhakal, Khadga Bahadur Basnet, Gyanendra Subedi, Rohit Bahadur Karki, and Ram Prasad Mahato and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)’s Gopal Bahadur Bishwakarma have also informed the Province Assembly Secretariat that they will be on leave today and would not be present in the Assembly meeting.
Similarly, in the meeting of the Assembly Business Advisory Committee this morning, the parties agreed to hold the Assembly’s meeting for 12:15 pm.
The Nepali Congress, the CPN (UML), the CPN (Maoist Centre) and the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal were present in the Committee meeting that convened at 8 am today.
