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By Our Reporter 

The disputes within the ruling Nepal Communist Party, which were said to be resolved, manifested again from Karnali State after the registration of a no-confidence motion by former UML members of the State Assembly against Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, who is from the former Maoist Centre.

The political developments in Karnali were so swift that in two days a no-confidence motion registered by majority State Assembly members representing the former UML against Chief Minister Shahi fell in minority in 48 hours by strengthening his position.

A day after 18 lawmakers from his own party registered a motion of no-confidence against Shahi, accusing him of failing to deliver on his promises, Chief Minister Shahi removed chief whip Gulab Jung Shah from his position and appointed Sita Kumari Nepali new chief whip.

After registration of the no-confidence motion in Karnali, party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Kathmandu met Prime Minister and party chair KP Sharma Oil and senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal urging them to hold the no-confidence motion. He even accused Oli of instruction the State Assembly members to register the motion against Chief Minister Shahi. 

But things took a twist after Nepal instructed assembly members loyal to him to not back the no-confidence motion, it automatically fell into the minority after seven assembly members did not attend the meeting called by ousted Chief Whip Shah. 

When the Dahal and Nepal factions stood together, the no-confidence motion met its fate. The Karnali dispute was the new reflection of the four-month dispute in the centre. When Oli and Dahal were failing to reach a deal on several issues, including the reshuffle of the Cabinet as decided by the Party Standing Committee meeting, the dispute had surfaced in Karnali. 

The dispute of Karnali clearly suggested that the dispute in the ruling party has not resolved and it is likely to escalate again as Prime Minister Oli is not ready to abide by the decision of the party secretariat and standing committee meeting.  

People’s News Monitoring Service