Chief Minister Shah weighs confidence vote as Sudurpashchim sinks deeper into budget crisis

Reduced to a minority after the UML withdrew support, the chief minister is banking on talks in Kathmandu as the province remains trapped in a fiscal vacuum.

Sudurpashchim Province is grappling with twin crises after the provincial government failed to endorse the budget for the new fiscal year, and Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah lost his majority when the CPN-UML withdrew support from the ruling coalition.