Pandey to be appointed as CM of Bagmati Province today

KATHMANDU, October 28: Rajendra Prasad Pandey of the CPN (Unified Socialist) is scheduled to be appointed as the Chief Minister of Bagmati Province on Thursday. Pandey is also scheduled to take an oath of office and secrecy on the same day. Pandey on Wednesday staked a claim for the post of new Chief Minister of Bagmati Province before Bagmati Province Chief, Yadav Chandra Sharma with signatures of 59 province assembly members. According to the Province Chief Secretariat, leader Pandey submitted his claim along with signatures and support of four political parties represented in the Bagmati Province Assembly.  Earlier, Bagmati Province Chief Sharma had called for the formation of a new government in the Province following the resignation of out-going CM Asta Laxmi Shakya. Shakya resigned in accordance with Article 169 (1) (A) of the Constitution of Nepal. Out-going CM Shakya had tendered her resignation to the Province Chief Yadav Chandra Sharma on Wednesday.