The Maoist Center Parliamentary Party leader Bharat Prasad Sah said that the Parliamentary Party meeting held today decided to quit the government.
“We have decided to pull out of the government. However, we have decided to continue the support extended to the government for now. We decided to quit the government after we did not get two ministries as demanded by us in Monday's meeting,” he said. When Chief Minister Yadav expanded the Cabinet for the third time on February 7, 2023, Sunita Yadav was appointed as the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Forest and Rahabar Ansari as the state minister. Meanwhile, he appointed Krishna Prasad Yadav of the Nepali Congress as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development and Birendra Prasad Singh as the Minister for Health and Population today. Similarly, Govinda Bahadur Neupane was appointed as the Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives from the CPN (Unified Socialist). Province Chief Hari Shankar Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers as per Article 168 (9) of the Constitution amidst a function this afternoon.
