Talking to reporters after the party’s Central Committee (CC) meeting at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Deuba admitted that Oli had tempted him with the prime ministerial post.“It was true that Oli urged us to form a government with his backing together with other small parties, but our president kindly discarded the proposal saying that it was too late,” NC leader Ramesh Lekhak told the Post. NC leaders claimed that such moves would only tarnish the image of the CPN-UML and label its leaders power-hungry. “This is nothing but a desperate attempt to save the coalition. He is trying to play with our leaders by offering them the reins, while he tells his party lawmakers that the constitution does not allow the formation of a new government. All he is doing is trying to defuse the vote of no-confidence in Parliament,” said Lekhak. On Thursday, the prime minister refused to resign from his post before urging his party lawmakers to prepare themselves for a no-confidence vote since “constitutional complexities would prevent the formation of a new government”In an attempt to get back at CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for withdrawing his support to the coalition, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is throwing all his cards at the Nepali Congress in a bid to prevent the Maoist leader from leading the next government.The Oli government is facing a vote of no-confidence at the Legislature-Parliament on July 21, having been stripped of its majority following the Maoist Centre’s decision to pull out of the ruling coalition on Wednesday.Within the past couple of days, Oli is said to have enticed three senior NC leaders, among others, with the government leadership, while his aides have also reached out to the agitated Madhesi forces to save his government. Several sources said that NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel and General Secretary Shashank Koirala were all offered the PM’s post, with pledges of the UML backing them in Parliament.
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