UML issues whip to lawmakers to vote in support of Oli government

 

The ruling CPN-UML has given a whip to its House of Representatives (HoR) members to vote in favour of the government during Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli's requested floor test on Monday.

 

 

UML Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai has released a 24-hour whip, which goes into effect on Sunday afternoon. Oli has requested a vote of confidence at the House meeting, which is set to begin at one  Monday afternoon.

 

The party has issued the whip even as some lawmakers of the Khanal-Nepal faction of CPN-UML are preparing to resign en masse before the confidence vote to ensure that Oli does not pass the floor test.
Issuing a statement earlier on Sunday, UML Chairman Oli urged the dissident lawmakers to not resign calling the faction's activities to topple the government at any cost a crime.