July 16, 2024
KATHMANDU – KP Sharma Oli was sworn in as the prime minister of Nepal amid a special function at the president’s office in Sheetal Niwas, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu on Monday.
President Ramchandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to Oli during the function.
This is Oli’s fourth stint as the country’s chief executive.
Following outgoing prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s failure to secure the trust of the House of Representatives during Friday’s floor test, President Paudel had invited political parties to form a new government under Article 76 (2) of the constitution on the same evening, setting a Sunday evening deadline for submitting claims at the President’s Office.
Soon after the call from the President, 72-year-old Oli, accompanied by his new coalition partner Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, had reached the President’s Office to stake a claim for the post of prime minister.
With no other contender, Oli had submitted signatures of 166 lawmakers in his support (Congress’ 88 and UML’s 78). In the 275-strong House of Representatives, the minimum number needed to form a government is 138.