The Madhesh provincial assembly has been summoned to meet on November 14, when Chief Minister Krishna Prasad Yadav is scheduled to seek a vote of confidence.

Provincial Assembly Speaker Ram Ashish Yadav said the meeting would begin at 1 pm on November 14.

The assembly's Business Advisory Committee will meet on the afternoon of November 13 to decide the agenda for the session, Speaker Yadav said.

Chief Minister Yadav is seeking a vote of confidence after the CPN-UML and the Nepali Communist Party (NCP), both of which were part of his government, withdrew their support.

Yadav wrote to the provincial assembly secretariat on Wednesday, requesting that a meeting be convened at 1 pm on November 14 for the confidence vote.

He said talks with various political parties were under way to secure the required support and would continue until the vote.

Four ministers from the CPN-UML, which was part of the Nepali Congress-led government, collectively resigned on October 11 and withdrew their party's support.

Four ministers from the NCP also resigned on November 6, pulling their party's support from the government.

With both coalition partners withdrawing their backing, Yadav has stepped up efforts to save his government.

The 107-member Madhesh Provincial Assembly requires the support of at least 54 members for a government to retain a majority.

The Nepali Congress has 22 seats, the UML 23, the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal 27, the NCP 15 and the Janamat Party 12. The Federal Socialist Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party have one member each.