Yam Lal Kandel cabinet

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Yam Lal Kandel cabinet
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4th Cabinet of Karnali Province
2024–present
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Hon'ble Chief Minister Yam Lal Kandel
Date formed10 April 2024
People and organisations
Governor Tilak Pariyar
Yagya Raj Joshi
Chief Minister Yam Lal Kandel
Chief Minister's historyMember of the Karnali Provincial Assembly (2018–present)
Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha (1994–1998)
Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation (1998–1998)
Leader of the Opposition in the Karnali Provincial Assembly (2021–2022, 2023–2024)
No. of ministers8 (incl. Chief Minister)
Ministers removed4 resigned
Total no. of members12
Member parties
  •   CPN (UML)
  •   Nepali Congress
    Former Members:
  •   CPN (MC)
Status in legislature Provincial Assembly
23 / 40 (58%)
Opposition party  CPN (Maoist Centre)
Opposition leader Raj Kumar Sharma
History
Election 2022
Legislature term5 years
Predecessor Raj Kumar Sharma cabinet

The Yam Lal Kandel cabinet is the current 4th cabinet of Karnali Province, formed on 10 April 2024 after Yam Lal Kandel was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Karnali Province by Governor Tilak Pariyar. [1] [2] Kandel was appointed chief minister as per Article 168(2) of the constitution, after Raj Kumar Sharma of the CPN (Maoist Centre) resigned from the Chief Minister on 3 April 2024. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Kandel's claim for chief minister was supported by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), alongside his own Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). [6] [7] Chief Minister Kandel took his oath office on 10 April 2024. [8]

On 25 April 2024, Kandel won a vote of confidence with 23 votes in his favor, 11 votes against and one was neutral out of the 35 members present in the 40-member Karnali Provincial Assembly, where he was supported by the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and CPN (Maoist Centre) with the Nepali Congress staying in opposition. [9] [10] [11] [12]

The cabinet was then expanded to include six ministers and one state minister on 30 April 2024. [13] [14] Meanwhile, Ran Singh Pariyar [15] , who was inducted into the Cabinet on 24 April 2025 as a minister without portfolio, has been assigned to the Ministry of Water Resources and Energy Development on same days. [16]

On 22 July 2024, all ministers from the CPN (Maoist Centre) resigned from the government, with the party also withdrawing its support, after national level alliance was formed between two major parties the Nepali Congress and CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist). [17] [18] [19]

On 4 August 2024, Kandel has reshuffled the cabinet by appointing four ministers from the Nepali Congress. [20] [21]

Kandel won a vote of confidence with 23 votes in his favor and 14 votes against and out of the 37 members present in the 40-member Karnali Provincial Assembly on 5 August 2024, where he was supported by the CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Nepali Congress with the CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) staying in opposition. [22] [23] [24] [25]

Ministers

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical Party

Assumed office

Left office
Cabinet ministers
1Chief Minister
  • Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML) 10 April 2024 [1] [2] Incumbent
2Minister for Economic Affairs Rajeev Bikram Shah Nepali Congress 4 August 2024 [26] [27] Incumbent
3Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Binod Kumar Shah CPN (UML) 22 May 2024 [28] [29] Incumbent
4Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Sher Bahadur Budha CPN (UML) 30 April 2024 [30] [13] Incumbent
5Minister for Social Development Ghanashyam Bhandari Nepali Congress 4 August 2024 [26] [27] Incumbent
6Minister for Water Resource and Energy Development Bijaya Budha Nepali Congress 4 August 2024 [26] [27] Incumbent
7Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Suresh Adhikari Nepali Congress 4 August 2024 [26] [27] Incumbent
State ministers
8Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Gamata Bishwakarma CPN (UML) 30 April 2024 [30] [13] Incumbent

Former Ministers

S.N.PortfolioMinisterPolitical Party

Assumed office

Left office
Cabinet ministers
1Chief Minister
  • Minister for Internal Affairs and Law
 Yam Lal Kandel CPN (UML) 10 April 2024 [1] [2] Incumbent
2Minister for Economic AffairsMahendra K.C. Maoist Centre 30 April 2024 [30] [13] 22 July 2024 [31] [32]
3Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Binod Kumar Shah CPN (UML) 22 May 2024 [28] [29] Incumbent
4Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Durga Bahadur Rawat Maoist Centre 30 April 2024 [30] 22 July 2024 [31] [32]
5Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Sher Bahadur Budha CPN (UML) 30 April 2024 [30] [13] Incumbent
6Minister for Water Resource and Energy DevelopmentRan Singh Pariyar Maoist Centre 24 April 2024 [15] [16] 22 July 2024 [31] [32]
7Minister for Social DevelopmentBir Bahadur Shahi Maoist Centre 30 April 2024 [30] [13] 22 July 2024 [31] [32]
State ministers
8Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Gamata Bishwakarma CPN (UML) 30 April 2024 [30] [13] Incumbent

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