Shankar Pokharel cabinet

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Shankar Pokharel cabinet
1st Cabinet of Lumbini Province
Date formed14 February 2018
Date dissolved11 August 2021
People and organisations
Head of stateAmik Sherchan (as Governor of Lumbini Province)
Head of government Shankar Pokharel
No. of ministers6
Ministers removed12
Member parties
Status in legislature Minority government
Opposition party Nepali Congress
Opposition leader Birendra Kumar Kanodia [1]
History
Election(s) 2017
Legislature term(s)5 years
Incoming formation Kul Prasad KC cabinet
PredecessorProvince established

Shankar Pokharel was sworn in as Chief Minister of Lumbini Province on 14 February 2018. Here is the list of ministers. [2] This government has been at to fall till 11 August 2021 as ruling party of federal level, Nepali Congress and third largest party in assembly, CPN(Maoist centre) collision has reached majority with a common understanding. [3] Shankar Pokharel resigned on 11 August 2021. [4]

Contents

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

Final arrangement

S.N.PortfolioHolderPartyTook officeLeft office
1Chief Minister
 Shankar Pokharel [2] CPN(UML) 4 June 202111 August 2021 [4]
2Minister for Economic Affairs and PlanningBaijanath Chaudhary CPN(UML)
3Minister for Rural and Urban DevelopmentHari Prasad Rijal CPN(UML)
4Minister for Internal Affairs and LawChetnath Acharya CPN(UML)
5Minister for Health and PopulationBhoj Prasad Shrestha CPN(UML)
6Minister for Education and Social DevelopmentDharma Bahadur Lal Shrivastava People's Progressive Party

Till August

S.N.PortfolioHolderPartyTook officeLeft office
1Chief Minister
 Shankar Pokharel [2] CPN(UML) 4 June 2021
2Minister for Economic Affairs and PlanningBaijanath Chaudhary CPN(UML)
3Minister for Rural and Urban DevelopmentHari Prasad Rijal CPN(UML)
4Minister for Internal Affairs and LawChetnath Acharya CPN(UML)
5Minister for Health and PopulationBhoj Prasad Shrestha CPN(UML)
7Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operativesBijay Bahadur Yadav PSP-N 11 August 2021 [5]
8Minister for Education and Social DevelopmentDharma Bahadur Lal Shrivastava People's Progressive Party
9Minister for Industry, Forest and EnvironmentKalpana Pandeya PSP-N 11 August 2021 [5]
6Minister for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentSantosh Kumar Pandeya PSP-N 10 August 2021 [6]
10Minister of state for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentSuman Sharma Rayamajhi PSP-N 2 July 2021

Till March 2021

Sl No.NameConstituency (PR if blank)PortfolioTook office
1 Shankar Pokharel , Chief Minister Dang 2(A) Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning14 February 2018
2Kul Prasad KC [7] Rolpa 1(A) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law15 February 2018
3 Sudarshan Baral [8] Gulmi 1(A) Ministry of Social Development20 March 2018
4Lila Giri [8] Rupandehi 2(A) Ministry for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment20 March 2018
5Arati Paudel [8] Banke 1(B) Ministry for Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives20 March 2018
6Baijanath Chaudhary [7] Nawalparasi West 2(A) Ministry for Physical Infrastructure Development15 February 2018

Dispute with opposition

Kul Prasad KC 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 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. [9] Pokharel took oath by calling governor to his official residence than going to governor's which was against the practice till date. On 5 July 2021, one sitting state minister from Shankar Pokharel cabinet resigned to bring back majority in opposition side led my main opposition party Nepali Congress. [10] 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. [11] This was claimed a very un-democratic by opposition and they again claimed Pokharel should give a resignation than disturbing the assembly with minority. [12] They are demanding the incumbent Chief-minister to take vote of confidence to check if he's in majority else resign from post. [13]

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