Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to take his third vote of confidence within 15 months after forging a new alliance earlier this month. As per the possible schedule of events published by the Parliament Secretariat, Dahal will be taking a vote of confidence during the meeting of the House of Representatives called for 11 am (local time) today.

Dahal is testing the floor for the third time following the constitutional provision stated in the Constitution of Nepal 2072's Article 100 Sub-section (2), which mandates a Prime Minister to prove a majority in case any parties in the coalition walk out. Making a surprise turn on March 4, Prime Minister Dahal decided to revive a coalition with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), which caught the largest coalition partner, the Nepali Congress (NC), off guard.