PM resigns just before no confidence vote

Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigned on Sunday, nine months after coming to power and minutes before parliament was to vote on a no confidence motion he was likely to lose. Oli’s departure plunges the Himalyan country, plagued by political turmoil for years, into a whole new round of political uncertainty. The no-confidence motion was […]

Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigned on Sunday, nine months after coming to power and minutes before parliament was to vote on a no confidence motion he was likely to lose.
Oli’s departure plunges the Himalyan country, plagued by political turmoil for years, into a whole new round of political uncertainty.
The no-confidence motion was brought by former Maoist rebels who propped up the Oli-led government last October, but fell out with him after accusing him of failing to honour a power-sharing deal.
Oli’s former allies also accused him of failing to address political concerns of Nepal’s ethnic Madhesi minority, who live in the country’s southern plains that border India.