KATHMANDU, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday won a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives for the second time in less than three months.
"As many as 172 lawmakers voted for the vote of confidence which is a majority in the house. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has won the vote of confidence," announced Speaker of the House of Representatives Dev Raj Ghimire.
A total of 262 lawmakers took part in the voting.
Dahal, who became the head of a coalition government on Dec. 25, won the vote of confidence by garnering 268 votes in the 275-strong lower house on Jan. 10.
He had to take another vote of confidence after the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party withdrew their support for the government.
The constitution of Nepal makes it mandatory for a prime minister to seek a trust vote if any coalition partner withdraws its support. ■