UML senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal has been pressured by a lawmaker close to him to join the government. During the discussion with Nepal on Wednesday, the lawmakers stressed the need to participate in the government. However, MP Metmani Chaudhary said that Nepal did not respond to the MP's request.
Twenty-two UML lawmakers have given a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. UML-affiliated lawmakers who did not give a vote of confidence to Deuba have joined the UML unity campaign.