Chief Minister of Madhesh Province Krishna Prasad Yadav resigned on Saturday after the CPN-UML and Nepali Communist Party withdrew their support, leaving him unlikely to secure a vote of confidence.

Yadav announced his resignation while addressing a meeting of the provincial assembly.

He is the fifth chief minister to resign during a provincial assembly meeting in the current parliamentary term.

Before him, UML’s Saroj Kumar Yadav of Mahottari resigned while seeking a vote of confidence. Jitendra Sonal also stepped down during the confidence vote process.

Before Sonal, Janamat Party’s Satish Kumar Singh resigned after failing to secure enough support. Saroj Kumar Yadav of the Janata Samajbadi Party, from Bara, was also removed from office after failing to win a confidence vote.