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. 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.
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). Chief Minister Kandel took his oath office on 10 April 2024.
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.
The cabinet was then expanded to include six ministers and one state minister on 30 April 2024. Meanwhile, Ran Singh Pariyar, 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.
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).
On 4 August 2024, Kandel has reshuffled the cabinet by appointing four ministers from the Nepali Congress.
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.
Ministers S.N.PortfolioMinister Political PartyAssumed office Left officeCabinet ministers1Chief MinisterYam Lal Kandelrowspan="3" 10 April 2024Incumbent2Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and CooperativesBinod Kumar Shah22 May 2024Incumbent3Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentSher Bahadur Budha30 April 2024IncumbentState ministers4Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentGamata Bishwakarma30 April 2024Incumbent
Former Ministers With Nepali Congress as major Partner Till July 2025 S.N.PortfolioMinister Political PartyAssumed office Left officeCabinet ministers1Chief Minister Minister for Internal Affairs and LawYam Lal Kandel10 April 2024Incumbent2Minister for Economic AffairsRajeev Bikram ShahNepali Congress4 August 202415 July 20263Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and CooperativesBinod Kumar Shahrowspan="2" 22 May 2024Incumbent4Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentSher Bahadur Budha30 April 2024Incumbent5Minister for Social DevelopmentGhanashyam Bhandarirowspan="3" Nepali Congress4 August 202415 July 20266Minister for Water Resource and Energy DevelopmentBijaya BudhaNepali Congress4 August 202415 July 20267Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and EnvironmentSuresh AdhikariNepali Congress4 August 202415 July 2026State ministers8Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentGamata Bishwakarma30 April 2024Incumbent
With CPN (Maoist Centre) as major Partner Till July 2024 S.N.PortfolioMinister Political PartyAssumed office Left officeCabinet ministers1Chief Minister Minister for Internal Affairs and LawYam Lal Kandel10 April 2024Incumbent2Minister for Economic AffairsMahendra K.C.30 April 202422 July 20243Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and CooperativesBinod Kumar Shah22 May 2024Incumbent4Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and EnvironmentDurga Bahadur Rawat30 April 202422 July 20245Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentSher Bahadur Budha30 April 2024Incumbent6Minister for Water Resource and Energy Development Ran Singh Pariyar24 April 202422 July 20247Minister for Social DevelopmentBir Bahadur Shahi30 April 202422 July 2024State ministers8Minister of State for Physical Infrastructure and Urban DevelopmentGamata Bishwakarma30 April 2024Incumbent
See also Third Hikmat Kumar Karki cabinet Satish Kumar Singh cabinet Bahadur Singh Lama cabinet Second Surendra Raj Pandey cabinet Second Kamal Bahadur Shah cabinet
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