The no-confidence vote was planned against Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, said Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, the country's foreign minister and newly appointed Communist Party of Nepal spokesman.
Jnawali was responding to reporters' questions about the central committee meeting convened by Oli in Baluwatar on Tuesday.
He said the signatures of lawyers from the ruling Communist Party of Nepal were used to draft a no-confidence motion against Oli. The no-confidence vote was registered against him about an hour after an emergency cabinet meeting recommended dissolving parliament on Sunday morning.
He said a number of ministers on the Oli government's board, including Communist Party of Nepal lawyers, also signed the document, which was released to the media on Sunday evening.
On December 20, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recommended dissolving parliament and holding new general elections.
Oli led Nepal's coalition with former Maoist rebels to a landslide victory in the 2017 general election. However, he was criticized for continuing to work with a faction that avoided his own party, the Communist Party of Nepal.
Oli has also been removed from the post of chairman of his own party, the Communist Party of Nepal. On Tuesday, party spokesperson Narayan Kazi Shrestha said Oli would be removed from the post of chairman. Madhav Kumar has been brought in his place.
Twelve cases have already been filed in Nepal's Supreme Court alleging that Oli's move was "unconstitutional".
