Maoist Centre withdraws support to Gandaki province government
A meeting of the party's parliamentary party today decided upon withdrawing the backing it had lent to the provincial government, said Hari Bahadur Chuman, the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Gandaki Province Assembly.
Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey dismissed Social Development and Health Minister, Sushila Simkhada, and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management, Resham Bahadur Jugjali, who represented the CPN (Maoist Centre) in the coalition government in the province.
GANDAKI: Hari Bahadur Chuman has been unanimously elected the Gandaki province parliamentary party leader of the Maoist Centre. A meeting of the parliamentary party decided to elect Chuman as the parliamentary party leader of the province, shared party’s Gandaki province chairperson Gayatri Gurung. Chuman was directly elected from Tanahun constituency 1(2). Senior-most member Krishna Dhital […]
KATHMANDU, July 27: The government has decided to recommend changes in province chiefs of Lumbini and Gandaki.
A Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday recommended to President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Prithvi Man Gurung of Chitwan and Amik Sherchan as the Gandaki and Lumbini province chiefs respectively.
With the cabinet recommendation, Gandaki province chief Sita Kumari Poudel and Lumbini province chief Sharmanath Prasad Saha have been relieved of their existing position.
Earlier, Sherchan was the province chief of Gandaki. The erstwhile KP Oli government had relieved him of the post. The ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) earlier on Tuesday recommended Sherchan, also the former deputy prime minister, to the province chief this time as well. Likewise, Gurung is former President of Nepali Congress, Chitwan.
