Earlier on Sunday, two main coalition partners Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Madhesi Peoples Rights Forum-Democratic led by Bijaya Gachhadar also with drew support from the government.Oli’s resignation paves the way for election of Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”, but may take a few weeks for the process to be formalised as the President will have to ask the Parliament to elect the Prime Minister through consensus. The process of inviting the election of a majority-backed Prime Minister will follow only after the deadline for electing the new leader “through consensus” expires.Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli who led the government for more than nine months at a time when country was facing multiple crisis — internal turmoil over the Constitution, post-earthquake misery and the alleged border blockade — bowed out of office in the face of a no-trust motion with numbers heavily going against him.At the end of his two hour long speech, he announced that he had already handed over his resignation to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, along with a cabinet resolution authorising her to remove the ambiguity regarding the election of his successor , and expedite the process.
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