Incumbent cabinet of Karnali Province, since 2024
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]
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
See also
References
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^ a b "Newly appointed minister Pariyar takes oath of office" . GorakhaPatra . Retrieved 2 December 2024 .
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^ a b c d "Maoist Centre's ministers resign in Karnali Province Govt" . GorakhaPatra . Retrieved 2 December 2024 .
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