Parliament failed to elect a new prime minister even in the sixth round of election today. Neither of the candidates was able to obtain a simple majority of 301 votes to form a new government.
UCPN (Maoist) candidate Pushpa Kamal Dahal obtained 240 votes in his favour, 6 votes down from the 246 he received in the fifth. 504 lawmakers participated in the election. While 101 lawmakers voted against him, 163 chose to stay neutral.
A total of 536 lawmakers participated during the voting process for NC candidate Ram Chandra Poudel. He received 122 votes in his favour, 2 votes down from the previous round. 242 members voted against him and 172 opted for ‘no-voting’.
The Madhesi Janadikar Forum (MJF) walked out of the House just as the voting procedure commenced as a protest against the decision of United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) to take a neutral stance during the election. MJF has 25 CA members.
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The only solution left now is for the two candidates to withdraw but untill NC conference won’t finish, Ram Chandra is not going to withdraw and Dahal is not in a mood to support NC in the present situation.
So as in the past, patta is in UML’s hand. It will be divisive for UML to take a stand for any of the two candidates at this time. So a new start is the only way to resolve the crisis.
A responsible party like UML can not play such dirty politics or take revenge with a political party at the cost of Nepali people. They should either resign from the parliament or vote for either one party. How can a responsible party remain in neutral for six times and not form a government. Do they still want to rule country without majority ? UML will pay for this no matter Maoist are equelly responsible.
Their perseverance is exemplary. As the saying goes- If at first you don’t succeed try, try again.
How can you fault them for trying?