HETAUDA: Nepali Congress leader Indra Bahadur Baniya took the oath of office and secrecy as the sixth Chief Minister of Bagmati Province.
Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota administered the oath to Baniya on Tuesday.
Earlier on the same day, Devkota appointed Baniya as Chief Minister under Article 168(2) of the Constitution. Baniya is now the sixth person to hold the position of Chief Minister in Bagmati Province.
Baniya claimed the position with the support of 64 provincial lawmakers from Nepali Congress and CPN-UML.
Baniya, who is also the president of Nepali Congress Bagmati Province, has previously served twice as a State Minister in the federal government.
