BIRATNAGAR, May 9: UML Parliamentary Party Leader Hikmat Kumar Karki has submitted his claim to be the chief minister of Koshi Province.
Karki submitted the claim with the support of 52 MPs from the UML and Maoist Center as soon as the provincial chief Parshuram Khapung called for the formation of a new government according to Article 168, Clause 5 of the Constitution.
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