Hikmat Kumar Karki, leader of UML state parliamentary party, has been appointed as the chief minister of Koshi state. Provincial Chief Parshuram Khapung appointed Karki as the Chief Minister on Thursday after the signatures of 52 MPs were verified. The newly appointed Chief Minister has made Ram Bahadur Ranamgar from UML and Ganesh Upreti from Maoist as non-departmental ministers. Karki is supported by 39 MPs from UML and 13 from Maoists.

On Wednesday, Provincial Chief Khapung has withdrawn the support given to the outgoing Chief Minister Kedar Karki by 52 members of the Provincial Assembly, and since no resolution regarding a vote of confidence has been registered in the Provincial Assembly within 30 days after the resolution was passed in the Provincial Assembly, any member who can obtain a majority according to Clause 5 of Article 168 of the Constitution can be claimed as the Chief Minister. Asked to submit. He has appointed the Chief Minister using the same constitutional arrangement for the second time. 

Congress leader Kedar Karki became the Chief Minister on October 27 as a last option according to Clause 5 of Article 168 of the Constitution by 'rebelling' within the Congress. He averted the then constitutional crisis by securing a majority of 47 MPs including 8 of his own and 39 of UML. Later, when the remaining 21 MPs of Congress, 13 of Maoist, 4 of United Samajwadi and 1 of Jaspa were added, he had about two-thirds majority with him. However, after the change of central power, his chair fell into disrepair. Earlier, the Koshi State Assembly had instructed to take a vote of confidence saying that the Karki-led government was in the minority. Stating that the time for taking the vote of confidence has arrived on Wednesday, the provincial chief called on the chief minister to submit his claim to the chief minister. 

The outgoing Chief Minister Karki has filed a writ in the Supreme Court on Thursday against the appointment of the Chief Minister. In the writ, provincial chief Khapung, speaker Amber Bahadur Bista, leader of the UML provincial parliamentary party and chief minister Karki and supporters of the resolution have been made opponents. In the writ, according to Article 133 (2) (3) of the Constitution of Nepal, it has been demanded to issue appropriate orders including deportation and mandamus.

Hikmat Kumar elected from Jhapa 5 (1) has been appointed Chief Minister for the third time in this term of the state assembly. On December 24, 2079, he became the Chief Minister for the first time according to Article 168, Clause 2 of the Constitution with the support of Maoists, Jaspa, RPP and Jaspa. After the Maoist and Jaspa parted ways, he was relieved of his post on 15 June 1980. 6 days later, Congress leader Uddhav Thapa became the Chief Minister on June 21. Thapa, the state president of the Congress, was criticized for joining the Maoist party speaker Baburam Gautam in the election process and becoming the chief minister. He was dismissed by the Supreme Court on July 11 as illegal.