Pressure from Congress to make women ministers in Lumbini

Since the establishment of the state, the Congress has not made a woman minister in Lumbini. "This year, we have talked to the parliamentary party leader that a woman minister should be sent, and the Congress should show the inclusion of women in practice," said Giri, who resigned as a Congress whip on Monday. According to him, in response, the leader of the party, Choudhary, has assured that he will take initiatives to make women ministers after consulting with the party center.

UML, Maoist and other parties have made women ministers in Lumbini. Dang's Sita Sharma Chaudhary is the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation in the government led by Chief Minister Chetnarayan Acharya. She became a minister from UML. Earlier, Bhagwati Adhikari of Integrated Socialists was the Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens in the government led by Maoist Jokh Bahadur Mahara.

In Lumbini, which has 12 ministries, Congress and UML have shared 5 ministries each. Two ministries have been kept to cover small parties . On behalf of UML, there are ministers in four ministries including Acharya as the Chief Minister. Badshah Kurmi, who became the Minister of Forest and Environment after the Congress made four ministers, has resigned from the post after the controversy. Now two ministries belonging to the Congress are vacant . There are nine Congress women MPs in Lumbini.