UML informs Parliament Secretariat about withdrawal of support to government

KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has officially informed the federal Parliament Secretariat about its withdrawal of support to the CPN (Maoist Center)-led government.

According to party Chief Whip Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, the party conveyed via a letter to the Parliament Secretariat today that it withdrew its support to the government led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

In the letter, the party states that the support was withdrawn on July 3 given the efforts to form a new government of national consensus to establish political stability in the country.

The Prime Minister has been duly informed of this development and the CPN-UML will be assuming the role of opposition in the Parliament, the party said in the letter.