CPN UML’s Hikmat Kumar Karki appointed Koshi Province Chief Minister

Kathmandu: Hikmat Kumar Karki of the CPN UML has been appointed the Chief Minister of Koshi Province for the second time.

Koshi Province Chief Parshuram Khapung on Friday appointed UML’s parliamentary party leader Karki following the Supreme Court’s mandamus order on Thursday.

Province Chief Khapung administered the oath of office and secrecy to the province Chief today itself amidst a ceremony organized at the office of the Province Chief.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Karki today formed a cabinet including three ministers and a State Minister.  

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a mandamus order in the name of the Koshi Province Chief to appoint Hikmat Kumar Karki as the Chief Minister within 48 hours as a leader of the largest party in the province.

A full bench of justices Sapana Pradhan Malla, Kumar Chudal and Nahakul Subedi issued the mandamus order.