The Second Hikmat Karki cabinet was the 7th provincial government of Koshi Province. It was formed after Hikmat Kumar Karki was sworn in as Chief Minister of Koshi Province on 8 September 2023 as previous Chief minister, Uddhav Thapa–led governments was unconstitutional.
History Formation On September 7, the Supreme Court ordered Koshi’s Provincial governor to appoint CPN-UML’s koshi provincial assembly leader Karki the chief minister of the province, declaring the July 27 vote of confidence secured by Nepali Congress’s Uddhav Thapa as unconstitutional.
The top court had issued the mandamus order to appoint Karki as chief minister within 48 hours as per Article 168(3) that paves the way for forming a government led by the leader of the largest party in the assembly. With 40 seats in the 93 members assembly, the UML is the largest party in the province.
Resignation Karki announced his resignation as chief minister of Koshi Province on October 7. He registered a vote of confidence in the koshi provincial assembly Secretariat on October 4, according to Article 168, Clause 3 of the Constitution. However, seeing that there is no possibility of a vote of confidence in assembly, he resigned from the post.
Ministries No. Portfolio Minister Portrait Political Party Took office Left officeCabinet ministers1Chief Minister's Office Hikmat Kumar Karki 8 September 202314 October 20232Minister for HealthTil Kumar Menyangbo Limbu 8 September 202314 October 2023Minister for Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy8 September 202325 September 20233Minister for Tourism, Forests and Environment Panch Karna Rai 8 September 202314 October 2023Minister for Industry, Agriculture and Cooperatives8 September 202325 September 20234Minister for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentEkraj Karki 8 September 202314 October 20235Minister for Internal Affairs and LawLila Ballav Adhikari 25 September 202314 October 20236Minister for Energy, Water Resources and IrrigationBuddhi Kumar Rajbhandari 25 September 202314 October 2023State ministers7Minister of State for Industry, Agriculture and CooperativesRam Prasad Mahato 16 August 202314 October 20238Minister of State for Social DevelopmentSrijana Rai 8 September 202314 October 20239Minister of State for Economic Affairs and PlanningNiran Rai 25 September 202314 October 2023
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