Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party Leader Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary has been appointed as the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province.

With the support of 53 MPs from 8 parties, the governor of Lumbini province, Amik Sherchan has appointed Chaudhary as the Chief Minister according to Article 168 of the Constitution.

Earlier, after the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province, Lila Giri of CPN-UML failed to get the vote of confidence, Chaudhary submitted his claim at the call of the Chief Minister of the Province, Amik Sherchan according to Clause 2 of Article 168 of the Constitution.

In the 87-member Lumbini Provincial Assembly, Chaudhary got the support of 27 MPs from the Nepali Congress, 11 from the Maoists, 4 from the Nagarik unmukti party, 3 from the Janamat Party, 3 from the Janata Samajwadi Party, 3 from the Loktantrik samjbadiParty, 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha and 1 from the NEKAPA ekikrit Samajbadi Party.