Khagraj Adhikari appointed as Chief Minister of Gandaki
State Chief Minister Dilliraj Bhatta has appointed the officer as Chief Minister as per Article 168(2) of the Constitution.
KATHMANDU: Khagraj Adhikari of CPN-UML has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Gandaki State.
State Chief Minister Dilliraj Bhatta has appointed the officer as Chief Minister as per Article 168(2) of the Constitution.
Adhikari has garnered the backing of 31 state assembly members and presented an application to state chief Bhatta to be appointed as chief minister today.
Leader Adhikari is backed by 22 UML members, eight Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre) members, and one independent State Assembly member.
To become chief minister of the 60-member state assembly, 31 lawmakers must endorse you.
After Chief Minister Surendraraj Pandey resigned last Thursday, State Chief Bhatta gave himself till April 9 to seize the position of Chief Minister.
