Thakur faction of JSP to vote in favour of PM Deuba

Kathmandu: The Mahantha Thakur group of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP)-Nepal has decided to vote in favor of incumbent Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba in the voting process taking place today.

Writing a letter to Thakur, Prime Minister Deuba, also the Nepali Congress President, had urged Thakur to vote in his favor to become the PM.

As per the request of Deuba, Uma Shankar Aragariya shared that the Thakur group decided in this regard. It is said that the Thakur group concluded to vote in favor of PM Deuba as the Prime Minister became positive towards the issues raised by the Thakur group.

Earlier on Saturday, a parliamentary party meeting of Upendra Yadav of the JSP-Nepal had decided to join the Deuba-led government. JSP-Nepal has 32 lawmakers in the House of Representatives.