Sudurpaschim Province Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah is taking the vote of confidence today. 

Information Officer of Province Assembly Secretariat Tara Kumari Joshi said that Chief Minister Shah is scheduled to take the vote of confidence at today's province assembly meeting. 

Shah is seeking the vote of confidence after the CPN-UML, a coalition partner in the provincial government, withdrew its support to the Shah-led government on July 15.

As per the constitutional provision, the provincial government should either take a vote of confidence or resign within 30 days after a coalition partner withdraws its support.

Chief Minister Shah had written to the Province Assembly Speaker Bhim Bahadur Bhandari on Wednesday requesting him to summon the province assembly meeting for the purpose of taking a vote of confidence.  

In the 53-member provincial assembly, the Nepali Congress has 18 members, the Nepali Communist Party has 22 members, including the Speaker, and the CPN-UML has 11 members. 

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has one lawmaker in the Sudurpaschim Province Assembly.