Kathmandu : A meeting of the CPN-UML’s standing committee held on Sunday has disobeyed the directive given to the lawmakers to cast their vote against Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Party spokesperson Pradip Gyawali had informed the journalists that the lawmakers who voted for Deuba would not be in the party.
Thirty-two UML lawmakers have violated the party’s decision in Sunday night’s parliamentary polls. Among them, 22 including senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal have given a vote of confidence in favor of Deuba while 10 lawmakers have remained neutral near Nepal.

Those who voted for Deuba
1.Madhav Kumar Nepal
2.Bhavani Khapung
3.Mukunda Neupane
4.Birodha Khatiwada
5.Jeevan Ram Shrestha
6.Kalyani Khadka
7.Metmani Chaudhary
8.Parvati Vishunkhe
9.Hira chandra kC
10.Krishnakumar shrestha
11.Gopal Bam
12.Prem Bahadur came
13.Lakshmi Chaudhary
14.Niradevi Jairu
15. Ramkumari Jhankri
16.Dhan Bahadur Budha
17.Dhan bahadur Budha
18.Sarla Yadav
19.Pushpakumari Karna
20.Kalila Khatun
21.Savina Hussein and
22. Krishnalal Maharjan

Absent

1. Ghanshyam Bhusal

2. Gokarna Raj Bista

3.Surendra Pandey

4.Jhapat Rawal

5.Deepak Prakash Bhatt

6.Somprasad Pandey,

7 . Yagya Raj Sunuwar

8. Narayan Khatiwada

9. Raj Bahadur Budha

10. Jhalnath Khanal (underway treatment in New Delhi)

More 5 not identified.

Resigned

10 .Bhim Rawal