Chief Minister of Koshi Province, Uddhav Thapa, said none is above the constitution. The constitutional right to vote can not be seized, he added.
CM Thapa made such remarks after securing a vote of confidence in the Province Assembly on Monday. Talking briefly to media persons following the confidence vote, he argued that the provincial government secured confidence vote as per constitution.
He further said Province Assembly member Ishrail Mansuri who ran the meeting as Assembly Chairman voted for the motion as an exercise of his constitutional rights.
Earlier, Vice Chairman of the Assembly Sirjana Danuwar had assigned Mansuri to conduct the Assembly meeting as Chairman, to which, CM Thapa commented on a conspiracy hatched by major opposition, CPN UML. CM Thapa further believed the government would get full shape and gain pace.
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