Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has recommended advocate Dr Dinmani Pokharel for the post of Attorney General. The Attorney General is the chief legal advisor of the government and is appointed by the President at the recommendation of the prime minister. Pokharel was the legal advisor of the then Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar.

Attorney General Khamma Bahadur Khati resigned on Monday after the formation of a new government under the leadership of CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

There is a culture of changing the legal advisor of the government with the change of the government.