Parliamentary party, government different things; will not put in papers: CM Lama

Hetauda: Parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress, Bagmati Province and Chief Minister, Bahadur Singh Lama, said he would not tender resignation from the Chief Minister despite losing majority in the parliamentary party.

Talking to the media, he clarified his stance not to put in papers despite losing the majority in the parliamentary party, arguing that the government and the parliamentary party as different things.

CM Lama noted that he would not walk away from the government as he has support from coalition parties.

As per the Constitution, it is not necessarily the parliamentary party leader to stays as the CM if the government has a majority, he added.

Secretary at the Parliamentary Party, Krishna Tamang, said that 21 provincial assembly members had registered a non-trust motion at the parliamentary party against CM Lama on July 25.