Khanal cabinet

Khanal cabinet

Cabinet of Nepal
Date formed6 February 2011
Date dissolved29 August 2011
People and organisations
Head of stateRam Baran Yadav
Head of governmentJhala Nath Khanal
Deputy head of governmentUpendra Yadav, Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Member partyMajor parties
Communist Party of Nepal (UML)
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Minor party
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum
Status in legislatureMajority (coalition)
391 / 601 (65%)




Opposition partyNepali Congress
Opposition leaderRam Chandra Paudel
History
Election2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election
Legislature term1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
PredecessorMadhav Nepal Cabinet
SuccessorBhattarai Cabinet

On 6 February 2011, Jhala Nath Khanal of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) was elected the new Prime Minister of Nepal, after his predecessor Madhav Kumar Nepal resigned as the head of the government seven months before in June 2010.[1][2] While many Nepalese thought that this would bring stability to the country, differences with the coalition partner, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) led to only three ministers being sworn in along the Prime Minister on 6 February 2011.[3]

On 4 May 2011, the two main coalition parties came to an agreement to form the final council of ministers. As per demand of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the party received the portfolio of the Home Ministry, which the opposition party Nepali Congress saw critically, as this would make them oversee the police of Nepal that had been the worst victims of Maoist attacks during the Nepalese Civil War.[4]

  1. ^ "Profile: New Nepal Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal". BBC. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Embattled Nepalese prime minister resigns". CNN. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Khanal sworn in Nepal's Premier". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Major triumph for Nepal Maoists in cabinet reshuffle". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 1 November 2017.