<p>Nepal’s Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to form a small Cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint the Nepali Congress chief as the country's new prime minister.</p>.<p>At least two senior Nepali Congress (NC) leaders told The Kathmandu Post newspaper that a small Cabinet, with around seven members, is likely to be formed when Deuba, 74, takes the oath of office on Tuesday.</p>.<p>“We have decided to form a small Cabinet initially,” Bal Krishna Khand, chief whip of the NC said.</p>.<p>“We want to form a coalition government and have asked other partners of the alliance to join the government led by Deuba,” he said.</p>.<p>According to an NC leader, two from the Congress and as many, or even just one, from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) are likely to be appointed ministers.</p>.<p>With the Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of the CPN-UML deciding to sever ties with the Opposition alliance, Deuba may face a tough time winning the vote of confidence, the report said.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s May 21 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="http://deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/nepal-supreme-court-orders-appointment-of-sher-bahadur-deuba-as-pm-reinstates-dissolved-lower-house-1007763.html" target="_blank">Nepal Supreme Court orders appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM; reinstates dissolved lower house</a></strong></p>.<p>The five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana said that Oli’s claim to the post of prime minister was unconstitutional.</p>.<p>Reinstating the House yet again -- the court had restored the House earlier on February 23 after Oli dissolved it on December 20 -- the bench has ordered to make arrangements for holding the House meeting by 5 PM on July 18.</p>.<p>In its order, the constitutional bench said President Bhandari’s decision to reject Deuba’s claim to form a new government was unconstitutional.</p>.<p>Although the apex court’s order has paved the way for Deuba to become a new prime minister, for now, Deuba will have to secure majority votes in Parliament to survive as the prime minister for the remaining term of the 275-member House.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Prime Minister Oli called on President Bhandari at her official residence Sheetal Niwas on Monday after the apex court rendered their move to dissolve the House of Representatives, unconstitutional.</p>
<p>Nepal’s Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to form a small Cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint the Nepali Congress chief as the country's new prime minister.</p>.<p>At least two senior Nepali Congress (NC) leaders told The Kathmandu Post newspaper that a small Cabinet, with around seven members, is likely to be formed when Deuba, 74, takes the oath of office on Tuesday.</p>.<p>“We have decided to form a small Cabinet initially,” Bal Krishna Khand, chief whip of the NC said.</p>.<p>“We want to form a coalition government and have asked other partners of the alliance to join the government led by Deuba,” he said.</p>.<p>According to an NC leader, two from the Congress and as many, or even just one, from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) are likely to be appointed ministers.</p>.<p>With the Madhav Kumar Nepal faction of the CPN-UML deciding to sever ties with the Opposition alliance, Deuba may face a tough time winning the vote of confidence, the report said.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s May 21 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="http://deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/nepal-supreme-court-orders-appointment-of-sher-bahadur-deuba-as-pm-reinstates-dissolved-lower-house-1007763.html" target="_blank">Nepal Supreme Court orders appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM; reinstates dissolved lower house</a></strong></p>.<p>The five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana said that Oli’s claim to the post of prime minister was unconstitutional.</p>.<p>Reinstating the House yet again -- the court had restored the House earlier on February 23 after Oli dissolved it on December 20 -- the bench has ordered to make arrangements for holding the House meeting by 5 PM on July 18.</p>.<p>In its order, the constitutional bench said President Bhandari’s decision to reject Deuba’s claim to form a new government was unconstitutional.</p>.<p>Although the apex court’s order has paved the way for Deuba to become a new prime minister, for now, Deuba will have to secure majority votes in Parliament to survive as the prime minister for the remaining term of the 275-member House.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Prime Minister Oli called on President Bhandari at her official residence Sheetal Niwas on Monday after the apex court rendered their move to dissolve the House of Representatives, unconstitutional.</p>