Hetauda. UCPN (Maoist) leader Rajendra Pandey is becoming the chief minister in Bagmati after overthrowing the UML government. He will form a small cabinet today.
Pandey is set to become the chief minister after Ashtalakshmi Shakya, who became the chief minister from the CPN-UML, resigned due to a minority vote. When the UML split, 13 members of the state assembly elected a united socialist. Shakya, who had earlier sided with Madhav Nepal and ousted the Chief Minister from Oli, was in the minority due to 13 people.
Pandey had submitted his demand to the Chief Minister after getting the support of 59 MPs from the Nepali Congress, Maoist Center, and JSP. He is scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy this afternoon. Pandey has said that a small cabinet will be formed today.
Congress parliamentary party deputy leader Krishnalal Bhandel, Maoist central deputy leader Kumari Moktan and CPN-Unified socialist deputy leader Krishna Khanal have been confirmed to become ministers. According to Nima Lama, Whip of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party, the coalition is preparing to join the Pandey government with three ministers immediately and complete the cabinet after Tihar.
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