Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and a faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) led by Upendra Yadav, issued a joint statement, on May 10 urging the President Bidya Devi Bhandari to invoke Article 76(2) to initiate process to form new Government, minutes after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli lost his vote of confidence, reports Kathmandu Post. “As per the article 100 (1) of the constitution, the prime minister moved a vote of confidence motion, but lost it. The prime minister hence has been relieved of his position as per Article 100 (3). So, we call upon the President to initiate the process to form a new government under Article 76 (2),” reads the statement signed by Deuba, Dahal and Yadav.