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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Gopal Sharma

Nepal’s Dahal set to face parliamentary confidence vote

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Nepal Ram Chandra Paudel
FILE PHOTO-Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, smiles as he sits on a chair after administering the oath of office at the presidential building "Shital Niwas" in Kathmandu, Nepal, December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was set to face a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday after his old coalition allies pulled out of the government over the choice of a new president, one of his aides said.

Dahal, 68, became prime minister in December heading a coalition with the liberal Communist Unified Marxist-Leninist (UML) party and royalists, who left the government last month amid differences over his support for Ram Chandra Paudel, a nominee of the opposition Nepali Congress party, for president.

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