March 24, Kathmandu. The CPN-Maoist has taken action against four members of the House of Representatives elected from its party.


Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has informed the Parliament Secretariat that the current Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Lekhraj Bhatt, Minister for Urban Development Prabhu Sah and Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Gauri Shankar Chaudhary have resigned.

Prachanda said that after the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist Center were revived by the Supreme Court's decision on March 8, they were involved in the political activities of the CPN-UML and had accepted the post of central member.

Stating that they had deliberately violated the party's constitution and the obligations stipulated in the Political Parties Act, the UCPN-M had demanded an explanation and directed them to withdraw from the government.

However, Rayamajhi, Bhatt and Chaudhary did not respond to the explanation and Sah's reply was not satisfactory and the UCPN (M) had recommended to the Parliament Secretariat for action against the party.

According to the authority delegated by the decision of the Central Committee of the UCPN (Maoist) on March 22 and 23, Chairman Prachanda on Tuesday expelled him from the party.

of Representatives in accordance with Article 34 of the Political Parties Act 2073 BS," said a statement issued by Chairman Prachanda.

The UCPN (M) is preparing to send a letter to UML Parliamentarian Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal on Tuesday.

Badal, Rayamajhi, Bhatt, Sah and Chaudhary, who are currently ministers, had said that they would not return to the CPN-Maoist even if the Supreme Court decision revived the CPN-Maoist center.

He has been nominated by the Prime Minister and UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli as a central member of the UML.

See Prachanda's letter

March 23, Biratnagar. The CPN-Maoist has withdrawn the no-confidence motion registered against the Chief Minister of Province 1, Sherdhan Rai.

In a meeting of the state assembly on Monday, Indra Bahadur Angbo, leader of the CPN-Maoist central state 1 parliamentary party, announced the withdrawal of the no-confidence motion filed against the government.

Addressing a meeting of the state assembly, he said that the no-confidence motion registered under special circumstances was withdrawn as it was irrelevant at present. CPN (UML) leader Rajendra Kumar Rai said that distrust towards the government has not returned even though the motion against the state government has been withdrawn.

The Prachanda-Madhav faction of the then CPN (Maoist) had filed a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai on December 27. However, the no-confidence motion could not be passed in the state after the Supreme Court revived the CPN-UML and the UCPN (Maoist) on March 8.

CPN-UML's Madhav Kumar Nepal group withdrew its signature from the no-confidence motion on March 30.

The group claims that a separate party structure has been used to "save the united UML and the communist movement." "It simply came to our notice then. According to the court's decision, the current situation would not have happened if the party had gone to the structure and constitution, 'says a leader close to Nepal.

He says that the decision made by Oli on March 11 and March 22 has forced him to form parallel organizations and activities.