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 2: Shankar Pokharel, who had tendered his resignation from the post of chief minister earlier on Sunday morning, has been re-appointed as the chief minister of Lumbini Province.
Dharmanath Yadav, Governor of the province, appointed him on Sunday afternoon as per Article 168 (1) of Constitution of Nepal.
Pokharel had submitted signatures of majority of assembly members to form a new government formation under his leadership, according to a statement issued by the Office of Province Chief.
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.
