Bagmati: Newly appointed Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Indra Bahadur Baniya, has taken oath of office and secrecy today.

Province Chief Deepak Prasad Devkota administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chief Minister Baniya amidst a ceremony at the former’s office, Hetauda on Tuesday afternoon. Baniya was administered the oath of office and secrecy as per Article 168 (2) of the constitution.

Baniya had claimed the Chief Minister’s post before Province Chief Devkota on Monday along with signatures of 64 Province Assembly Members of the Nepali Congress and the CPN UML in his support.

It is learnt that newly appointed Chief Minister Baniya is forming an 8-member Cabinet having six province members from UML and two from NC on Tuesday itself.