Chandan Singh, General Secretary of Janamat Party, Kathmandu, April 21 – A majority of Janamat Party MPs have withdrawn their support for the Madhesh Province government led by Krishna Yadav of the Nepali Congress. Nine party MPs have submitted letters retracting their backing. According to General Secretary Chandan Singh, in consultation with the party’s national president Sike Raut, the majority of the parliamentary party members decided to withdraw their support from the Madhesh government.
“Since the formation of the government, the Chief Minister’s actions in Madhesh Province have been inappropriate; therefore, we have decided to retract our party’s support,” Singh said.
The Janamat Party holds the parliamentary party leadership in the Madhesh government, with Mahesh Yadav serving as Finance Minister and Basanta Kushwaha as Minister for Youth and Social Welfare. The party currently has 12 members in the Provincial Assembly, including Babita Kumari Raut, who serves as Deputy Speaker. The Madhesh Province government was formed by a coalition of all parties except the UML. This move by Janamat Party MPs indicates a potential new alliance emerging as an alternative to the Congress-led government.
The 107-member Provincial Assembly requires 54 members for a majority. Currently, the assembly is composed of 24 UML members, 22 Nepali Congress, 18 JSP Nepal, 12 Janamat, 9 CPN (Maoist Centre), 8 Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, 7 CPN Unified Socialist MPs, and one seat each for Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Nagrik Unmukti Party, and Nepal Federal Socialist Party.
