No-confidence motion registered against Lumbini CM Pokharel

KATHMANDU, May 9: Opposition parties including the Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN (Maoist Center) have registered no-confidence motion against chief minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel for the second time on Sunday.

Fakharudin Khan, whip of Nepali Congress in the province told Ratopati that as many as 40 lawmakers of the 79-member province assembly have signed the motion, which was registered at the province assembly secretariat on Sunday itself. Similarly, Maoist lawmaker Kul Prasad KC has been proposed as the new CM to replace Pokharel.