Kul Prasad KC appointed chief minister of Lumbini Province

BUTWAL, Aug 12: Kul Prasad KC, the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (Maoist Center) has been appointed as the chief minister of Lumbini Province. 

Province Chief Amik Sherchan appointed KC as the chief minister as per Article 168 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal. 

Following the resignation of erstwhile Chief Minister Shankar Pokharel on Wednesday, Governor Sherchan asked the political parties representing in the provincial assembly to stake claim for a coalition government by 3 PM, Thursday. 

An alliance of Maoist Center, Nepali Congress, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha proposed the name of KC to succeed Pokharel.