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Baniya Completes Bagmati Cabinet: Excludes Lama Faction, Fueling Congress Rift

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Hetauda — Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya on Friday appointed five new ministers from the Nepali Congress, completing his cabinet. Earlier, he had appointed eight ministers, including himself.

The newly appointed ministers are Kanchan Chandra Bade from Kavre (Ministry of Social Development), Prabhat Tamang from Rasuwa (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning), Urmila KC Nepal from Lalitpur (Ministry of Youth and Sports), Suresh Shrestha from Bhaktapur (Ministry of Culture and Tourism), and Binu Rayamajhi Poudel from Chitwan (Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation).

Earlier, Congress members Krishna Tamang and Shivraj Adhikari had also been given ministerial responsibilities, while six ministers from CPN-UML took charge of various ministries. According to an earlier agreement between Congress and UML, both parties received six ministries each, including the chief ministership.

However, dissatisfaction has surfaced within the Congress after Baniya failed to appoint three lawmakers from former Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama’s faction as ministers. Lama’s side had earlier agreed to support Baniya in the vote of confidence on August 11 only on the condition that their chosen three lawmakers would be made ministers. Lama later stated that he supported the vote after the central leadership assured him the agreement would be implemented.

Baniya, however, did not include any lawmakers from Lama’s faction in the cabinet. If disagreements between Baniya and Lama over this matter deepen, political tensions within the provincial government could rise again.

Indra Baniya appointed as Bagmati CM

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Hetauda – Indra Bahadur Baniya has been appointed as the head of Bagmati Province Government. Baniya became the Chief Minister with the support of a total of 64 lawmakers from Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in the 110-member Province Assembly.

Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota appointed Baniya as the Chief Minister today. Baniya, a resident of Makawanpur and also the President of Nepali Congress Bagmati Province Committee, has become the sixth Chief Minister of Bagmati.

On 9 Shrawan 2082, 21 lawmakers led by Baniya filed a no-confidence motion against party leader Lama, who was also the Chief Minister. On 13 Shrawan, when the vote was divided on the no-confidence motion, Lama lost the status of party leader after 22 votes were cast in favor of the no-confidence motion and 15 against. After defeating Lama in the election held to select the party leader on 14 Shrawan, Baniya was cleared to become the Chief Minister.

When the government was formed in Bagmati a year ago, there was an agreement between the UML and the Congress to lead the government for 20 months each. According to this, Baniya will lead the government for 8 months and hand over the leadership to the UML in coming Falgun.

Indra Baniya elected as leader of Nepali Congress’ Bagmati Province Parliamentary Party

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Bagmati- Indra Bahadur Baniya has been elected as the leader of Nepali Congress’ Bagmati Province Parliamentary Party.

In the voting held at the Provincial Assembly Secretariat on Wednesday, Baniya defeated incumbent Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang by eight votes.

Baniya received 22 votes in the total 37-member parliamentary party, while Lama received 14 votes. The Election Committee has stated that one vote was invalid. Earlier, in the no-confidence motion against Lama on Tuesday, 22 votes were in favor and 15 votes were against. With the passing of the no-confidence motion, Lama lost the status of party leader.

This is the second time that Baniya and Lama are competing for the party leadership. Earlier, Baniya was defeated by five votes in the first election held on 13 Poush 2079. Lama had received 21 votes and Baniya 16 votes at that time.

Following a no-confidence motion filed by 21 MPs under Baniya’s leadership on 9 Shrawan, five ministers in the Lama-led government resigned and stood in Baniya’s favor. Lama, who has been defeated as the parliamentary party leader, has reiterated that he will not resign from his post.