KATHMANDU, June 29: Bimala Kumari Khatri, State Minister for Health, Population and Family Welfare of Lumbini Province resigned from her post on Wednesday.
Khatri, who has been dragged into controversies recently, submitted her resignation letter to Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC.
Khatri was earlier detained by police after being accused of misbehavior with the spouse and daughter of Ekraj Basnet, a YCL leader, of Dang district.
KATHMANDU, Aug 11: Resignation tendered by Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel has been accepted.
Province Chief Amik Sherchan accepted the resignation of CM Pokharel.
Pokharel stepped down from his position a few minutes before the scheduled special session of the provincial assembly on Wednesday. The assembly was all set to discuss the no-confidence motion filed against him.
The office of the Province Chief also informed the Lumbini Province Secretariat about Pokharel’s resignation.
Following the resignation of Chief Minister Shankar Pokhrel, Lumbini Governor Amik Sherchan has called parties in the Provincial Assembly to claim chief ministership by securing the support of majority lawmakers, by 3 pm on Thursday.
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Special session of the Lumbini Province Assembly that started on Wednesday ended after Chief Minister Shankar Pokhrel submitted his resignation from the post.
BUTWAL, Aug 11: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel has resigned from his post.
CM Pokharel, who was scheduled to face a no-confidence motion in a Special Session of the provincial assembly meeting, reached the Office of Province Chief Amik Sherchan and submitted his resignation letter on Wednesday.
Baijnath Chaudhary, spokesperson for the Lumbini Province Government, confirmed Pokharel’s resignation.
Lumbini Province Governor Amik Sherchan endorsed the resignation tendered by Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel today as per Article 169 (1) of the Constitution.
BUTWAL, May 5: A CPN-UML member in the Lumbini Province Assembly has resigned from his position as the province lawmaker.
Amar Bahadur Danga, who was elected from Dang 2 (b) during the provincial assembly elections in 2017 representing the UML, tendered his resignation as the member assembly.
Dang submitted his resignation letter to Purna Bahadur Gharti, Speaker of Lumbini Province Assembly on Wednesday, confirmed Durlabh Kumar Pun Magar, Secretary at the province assembly secretariat.
KATHMANDU, May 1: President of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) Sher Bahadur Deuva stated that the NC has seriously taken whatever had happened in the Lumbini Province on Sunday.
Issuing a press statement on Sunday, NC President Deuba blamed that particular event that took place in Lumbini Province had violated the constitution.
Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Shankar Pokharel tendered his resignation from his post, ahead of the day when the voting on the no-confidence motion was scheduled to be held. He was, however, re-appointed as the chief minister of the province.
Deuba, also former Prime Minister, claimed that the resignation was tendered after learning that the CPN (UML) lost clear majority and the move came as an act to ward off the no-confidence motion in the Province Assembly. He asserted that reappointment of Pokharel as the chief minister following the resignation was illogical politically, constitutionally and morally.
Furthermore, Deuba argued that tendering resignation during the time when the process for no-confidence motion was moving ahead and ending the session of Province Assembly were also against the spirit of constitution and parliamentary system, said Deuba in the statement.
BUTWAL, May 2: Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel took an oath of office of secrecy on Sunday evening.
Hours after his resignation from the position of the chief minister, Governor of Lumbini Proince, Dharmanath Yadav re-appointed for the same position on Sunday afternoon
Pokharel’s swearing ceremony was held at the Office of Chief Minister amid a tight security despite the protests from the opposition parties. Dharmanath Yadav, Governor of the province reached the CM’s office to administer the oath of office and secrecy to Pokharel .
Shortly after being re-sworn as the chief minister, Pokharel fomed a four-member Cabinet. Province assembly members Santosh Pandey, Bijaya Bahadur Yadav, Baijanath Chaudhary and Hari Riaj were appointed ministers. Governor Yadav appointed them as the ministers at CM Pokharel’s recommendation.
Pokharel had earlier stepped down from the post of chief minister as a no confidence motion registered against him was scheduled to be tabled and discussed at the special session of Lumbini Province Assembly.
BUTWAL, May 2:Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel has resigned from his post a day before the voting on no-confidence motion registered against him.
Pokharel tendered his resignation to Dharmanath Yadav, Governor of the province, which Yadav approved on Sunday itself.
The no-confidence motion filed against Pokharel was scheduled to be tabled at the Lumbini Province Assembly on Sunday and settled on Monday.
Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center) and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) had filed a no-confidence motion against Pokharel on April 19. As many as 41 lawmakers signed in the motion registered at the Parliament Secretariat.
Maoist lawmaker Kul Prasad KC was proposed as the new CM.
CM Pokharel required 43 votes to survive the motion in the assembly with 87 members.
