Nepali Congress provincial assembly leader Bahadur Singh Lama (Tamang) has been appointed Bagmati chief minister.
Province Head Yadav Chandra Sharma appointed Lama to the position on Tuesday evening. On Tuesday morning, Lama staked a claim for the chief ministerial position before the province head with the signatures of 64 lawmakers.
To form a government in Bagmati Province, any party or provincial assembly member must have the support of 56 provincial assembly members. In the 110-seat Bagmati provincial assembly, the Congress has 37 members, UML 27, Maoist Centre 21, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 13, CPN (Unified Socialist) seven, Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party three and Hamro Nepali Party has two seats.
According to the Office of Province Head, Lama will take an oath of office and secrecy at 11:11am on Wednesday.
The coalition partners, the Congress and the UML, have already settled the allocation of ministries. As per the agreement, the Congress will get seven ministries and the UML six.
The UML has publicly announced its list of new ministers along with their portfolios. However, Congress has yet to finalise the names of new ministers. The party said the names will be picked by Wednesday morning.
The constitutional process to form a new government began after Chief Minister Shalikram Jamakattel resigned from his post earlier on Sunday.
The CPN (Maoist Centre) leader tendered his resignation as his government slipped into the minority with the formation of a federal coalition between the Congress and the CPN-UML.
Province Head Sharma had called on parties to stake a claim for a new government by 5pm on Tuesday.
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