Shankar Pokharel Shankar Pokhrel ( ne, शंकर पोखरेल) (born 1964) is the former Chief Minister of Lumbini Province. He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) The Communist Party of Nepal ...

was sworn in as Chief Minister of

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

on 14 February 2018. Here is the list of ministers. This government has been at to fall till 11 August 2021 as ruling party of federal level,

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...

and third largest party in

assembly Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their representa ...

, CPN(Maoist centre) collision has reached majority with a common understanding. Shankar Pokharel resigned on 11 August 2021.

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

Final arrangement

Till August

Till March 2021

Dispute with opposition

Kul Prasad KC Kul Prasad KC ( ne, कुल प्रसाद केसी) is a Nepalese politician and current Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, a province in western Nepal. He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of CPN(Maoist-centre) for ...

was proposed as the second Chief-minister of Lumbini Province after Shankar Pokhrel had resigned from the post by the support of NC, PSP-N and

Rastriya Janamorcha Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy P ...

as a part of National level opposition alliance with majority signatures. Still the proposal was unanimously disapproved by Governor of the province and showed an unlawful manner by appointing Pokharel in minority using CPN(UML) letter pad. Pokharel took oath by calling governor to his official residence than going to governor's which is was against the practice till date. On 5 July 2021, one sitting state minister from

cabinet resigned to bring back majority in opposition side led my main opposition party

. KC has previously worked as Minister for Internal Affairs and Law in Shankar Pokharel Cabinet while resigned on 6 Baishakh 2078 when he was already proposed as the next Chief minister. On 15 July 2021, Pokharel and other sitting ministers left the house meeting when they had no chance of getting the budget bill passed. This was claimed a very un-democratic by opposition and they again claimed

Pokharel Pokharel ( ne, पोखरेल) or Pokhrel ( ne, पोख्रेल) is a surname (family name) Brahman, khatri Cast group in Nepal. Notable people with Pokharel/Pokhrel surname * Aastha Pokharel, Nepali model * Bidhyanath Pokhrel, Nepali po ...

should give a resignation than disturbing the assembly with minority. They are demanding the incumbent Chief-minister to take vote of confidence to check if he's in majority else resign from post.

References

External links

Office of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of Lumbini Province
{{Nepalese provincial cabinets Provincial cabinets of Nepal History of Lumbini Province 2018 establishments in Nepal