Nepal’s Rastriya Prajatantra Party on Tuesday quit the Prachanda-led Government, a day after withdrawing its support to it over an impeachment motion against the country’s first woman Chief Justice Sushila Karki. After the second round of meeting of the party’s central executive committee, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Kamal Thapa said the party had concluded that the impeachment motion was immature and irresponsible and was moved with an ill intention, prompting his party to pull out of the Government in protest.
The party today formally informed Prime Minister Prachanda of its decision to quit the Government, said the party’s central member Rajaram Shrestha. Four Cabinet Ministers and a minister of State from the party submitted a joint resignation to Prachanda at his office, Shrestha said. Despite the withdrawal of support by the RPP, the coalition Government in not facing a crisis now as it still enjoys a simple majority in the 593-member Parliament.