{"id":45971,"date":"2026-04-15T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=45971"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:21:13","slug":"gandaki-province-lawmaker-resigns-after-missing-ministerial-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/gandaki-province-lawmaker-resigns-after-missing-ministerial-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Gandaki Province Lawmaker Resigns After Missing Ministerial Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:26679b6d-e99a-47be-ab1c-998b1fd8959b-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"098731a1-c124-4ed0-848b-a555c1bed76d\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p>Kathmandu, April, 15: Dorna Kumar Kunwar, a provincial assembly member from Gandaki Province, resigned from his post on Wednesday after being excluded from the newly reshuffled provincial cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Kunwar submitted his resignation with immediate effect after Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey declined to appoint him as a minister during Wednesday\u2019s cabinet reconstitution.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter, Kunwar expressed gratitude to voters, supporters and well-wishers for their trust and mandate, while apologizing for failing to complete his full term.<\/p>\n<p>He also pledged to continue serving the public despite no longer holding public office.<\/p>\n<p>Kunwar thanked party leaders, provincial assembly members, civil servants and the media, as well as his party, the Nepali Congress, for the opportunity to serve, and extended best wishes for the successful completion of the provincial assembly and government\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n<p>He was elected from Baglung-2 (B) constituency in the 2022 provincial elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, April, 15: Dorna Kumar Kunwar, a provincial assembly member from Gandaki Province, resigned from his post on Wednesday after being excluded from the newly reshuffled provincial cabinet. Kunwar submitted his resignation with immediate effect after Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey declined to appoint him as a minister during Wednesday\u2019s cabinet reconstitution. In his resignation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45972,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45971\/revisions\/45972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}