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.