Hetauda – Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader Indra Bahadur Baniya is being appointed as the sixth Chief Minister of the Bagmati Province government.

Baniya, who is also the Congress Bagmati Province President, has submitted his claim to the Chief Minister’s post to form a new government at the Province Chief’s Office.

Immediately after Bahadur Singh Lama’s resignation was accepted, Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota had called for submission of claims for the appointment of Chief Minister by 2 pm today, Tuesday.

Baniya submitted his claim on Monday with the support of 37 Congress MPs and 27 from the ruling party CPN-UML. The support of 56 MPs is required to form a government in the 110-member Province Assembly.

Province Chief Devkota will appoint Baniya as the Chief Minister after the 2 pm deadline given for government formation. The Province Chief’s Office has scheduled Baniya’s oath of office and secrecy for 4 pm.