Uncertainty Looms Over Lumbini Province Chief Minister Change Despite Coalition Agreement

Butwal. Following an agreement reached between the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML at the central level, UML's parliamentary party leader, C.N. Acharya, assumed leadership of the Lumbini Province government last year in Shrawan. Although the agreement stipulated that the Congress would take over the government leadership in Falgun 082, concrete discussions on the matter have not yet advanced.

At that time, Sher Bahadur Deuba was leading the Congress. The Congress leadership has changed through a special general convention ahead of the House of Representatives elections. Therefore, it is unclear how the new Congress leadership will view the agreement made by the old leadership, and what the UML's stance is on that agreement now.