A total of 165 members voted in support of Deuba, with just 83, mostly loyalists of CPN-UML chairman and outgoing prime minister K P Sharma Oli, casting their votes against. Prachanda was referring to the fact that Oli had lost a vote of confidence in the House days before the House was dissolved. Oli was ousted as the prime minister following a unanimous verdict of a five-member Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court on July 12. The Bench ruled that the dissolved House be reinstated and that Deuba be appointed prime minister based on the letter of support that he had submitted to the President. Deuba was required to seek a vote of confidence in the House within a month of being appointed prime minister.

Source: Indian Express July 18, 2021 17:04 UTC