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Kathmandu, July 20: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led coalition government is closed to a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives on Sunday (July 21)’s trust motion.

Prime Minister Oli has decided to seek a vote of confidence motion on Sunday, July 21.

In the parliament with 275 MPs, NC has 88 seats and UML has 79 seats. However, one UML member (Top Bahadur Rayamajhi) is suspended from the House and another member is the Speaker and he cannot take part in the voting. One UML MP is sick. Out of 79 votes, Oli may get 76 votes from his party UML.

Be that as it may, Oli ensures majority votes from the two parties alone as the government needs a minimum of 138 votes to secure a majority.

The government is very close to a two-thirds majority, 184 votes. If some RPP will take a decision to vote for the government, it will be more than enough for the government to secure a two-thirds majority, otherwise, Oli has to attract some votes from other small parties.

Currently, small parties in the government – Janata Samajwadi Party with seven MPs, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party with four MPs will vote for the government.

Meanwhile, the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal led by Upendra Yadav with five MPs and Janamat Party led by CK Raut with six seats have also expressed the commitment to vote for the government.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party with 14 seats is yet to decide its votes.  

Also, the Nagarik Unmukti Party with four MPs and other small parties have not made the final decision on the trust motion.

The Maoist Center with 32 MPs, Rastriya Swatantra Party with 21 MPs and Ekikrit Samajwadi Party with ten MPs have already decided to vote against the government.

A total of 63 votes may go against the trust motion, moreover, the Rastriya Janamorcha with one vote may vote against the government. There is the possibility of the Nepal Majdoor Kishan Party with one MP to stay indifferent during the voting.

People’s News Monitoring Service.