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.
Lumbini Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC has said that the state government is committed to fulfill the responsibility given by the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal 2015 AD.
BUTWAL, Aug 23: Chief minister of Lumbini Province, Kul Prasad KC is taking a confidence vote from the provincial assembly amid the obstruction by the members close to the main opposition CPN-UML.
CPN (Maoist Center)’s parliamentary party leader, KC, who was appointed CM on August 12, is taking a vote of trust as per Article 168 (4) of the Constitution of Nepal.
The main opposition UML, however, has been obstruction the House demanding Speaker Purna Bahadur Gharti relieve Ajaya Shahi and Bimala Khatri Oli as the members of the assembly.
BUTWAL, Aug 12: Newly appointed chief minister of Lumbini Province, Kul Prasad KC, is preparing to form a seven-member Cabinet.
KC, who was appointed the chief minister of Lumbini as per Article 168 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal on Thursday, is inducting one minister from the CPN (Maoist Center) and Nepali Congress (NC) each while three others will be picked from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP). Similarly, an independent member of the Lumbini Province Assembly will also be included in the KC-led Cabinet.
All the ministers including CM KC are being administered oaths of office and secrecy later on Thursday evening.
BUTWAL, Aug 12: Kul Prasad KC, the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been appointed as the chief minister of Lumbini Province.
Province Chief Amik Sherchan appointed KC as the chief minister as per Article 168 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal.
Following the resignation of erstwhile Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel on Wednesday, Governor Sherchan asked the political parties representing in the provincial assembly to stake claim for a coalition government by 3 PM, Thursday.
An alliance of Maoist Center, Nepali Congress, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha proposed the name of KC to succeed Pokharel.
Kul Prasad KC of the CPN-Maoist Centre has been appointed the chief minister of the Lumbini province.
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KATHMANDU, Aug 12: Parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Center), Kul Prasad KC has staked claim for the post of chief minister of Lumbini Province.
KC, in his letter submitted to Governor Amik Sherchan, claimed to have the support of 42 members of the 8-member Lumbini Province Assembly. He also attached the signatures of 42 lawmakers along with the letter.
Nineteen lawmakers belonging to the Maoist Center, 18 of Nepali Congress (NC), three of Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and one from Rastriya Janamorcha have extended their support to KC. Similarly, Ajaya Shahi who won 2017 elections on an election symbol of ‘Sun’ also signed in favor of KC.
Hours after CM Shankar Pokharel’s resignation on Wednesday, Governor Sherchan asked the political parties to stake claim for a new government formation by 3PM on Thursday as per Article 168 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal.