KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Shankar Pokharel, the general secretary of CPN-UML, the main opposition party, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Secretary Pokharel has maintained that he was not able to keep himself away from the third wave of COVID-19 that the country is currently battling with.
"I will be staying in isolation for the next few days," Pokharel wrote on his Facebook page.
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.
POKHARA, June 18: Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, Chief Minister of Gandaki Province has secured a vote of confidence from the Gandaki Province Assembly.
CM Pokharel received a total of 31 votes in his favor while 27 other members cast their votes against him during the voting on the confidence motion tabled by him on Friday. He was appointed the chief minister on June 12 in accordance with Article 168 (5) and was required to obtain the confidence votes within 30 days of the date of his appointment as per Article 168 (6).
Fifteen members of the Nepali Congress (NC), 11 of the CPN (Maoist Center) two each of the Rastriya Janamorcha and the Janata Samajbadi Party and an independent lawmaker extended their confidence toward CM Pokharel.
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.
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