The Indra Bahadur Baniya cabinet is the sixth Council of Ministers of Bagmati Province. It was formed on 5 August 2025 after Indra Bahadur Baniya of the Nepali Congress was appointed Chief Minister with the support of the Nepali Congress-CPN (UML) coalition. The cabinet succeeded the Bahadur Singh Lama cabinet following a leadership change within the Nepali Congress provincial parliamentary party, in which Baniya defeated incumbent Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama and subsequently secured majority support in the Provincial Assembly. On 22 July 2026, the CPN (UML) withdrew its support to the government and all six UML ministers resigned following the collapse of the Nepali Congress–UML coalition. As a result, the Baniya cabinet became a minority government. On 4 August, Baniya inducted Shailendra Man Bajracharya, parliamentary party leader of the Hamro Nepali Party, into the cabinet as Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development in an effort to bolster support for his minority government. Baniya was scheduled to seek a vote of confidence in the Provincial Assembly on 17 August 2026 but resigned as Chief Minister before the vote took place, after failing to secure sufficient support to remain in office.
Ministers by party PartyCabinet MinistersMinisters of StateTotal MinistersNepali Congress707Hamro Nepali Party101
Final composition of the Council of Ministers With Hamro Nepali Party as coalition Partner S.N.PortfolioMinister responsiblePolitical PartyConstituencyTenureCabinet ministers1Chief MinisterIndra Bahadur Baniya Nepali CongressMakwanpur 1 (B)5 August 2025 17 August 20262Minister for Internal Affairs, Law and CooperativesShivraj AdhikariPR List5 August 20253Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and EnvironmentUrmila NepalLalitpur 1 (B)15 August 20254Minister for Health and Social DevelopmentKanchan Chandra BadeKavre 2 (B)15 August 20255Minister for Economic Affairs and PlanningPrabhat Kumar TamangRasuwa 1 (A)15 August 2025 6Minister for Industry, Tourism, Labour and TransportSuresh ShresthaBhaktapur 1 (A)15 August 2025 7Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and IrrigationKrishna Kumar TamangSindhupalchok 2 (B)5 August 2025 8Minister for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentShailendra Man Bajracharya Hamro Nepali PartyKathmandu 8 (A)4 August 2026
Until 4 August 2026 S.N.PortfolioMinister responsiblePolitical PartyConstituencyTenureCabinet ministers1Chief MinisterIndra Bahadur Baniya Nepali CongressMakwanpur 1 (B)5 August 2025 17 August 20262Minister for Internal Affairs, Law and CooperativesShivraj AdhikariPR List5 August 20253Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Forests and EnvironmentUrmila NepalLalitpur 1 (B)15 August 20254Minister for Health and Social DevelopmentKanchan Chandra BadeKavre 2 (B)15 August 20255Minister for Economic Affairs and PlanningPrabhat Kumar TamangRasuwa 1 (A)15 August 2025 6Minister for Industry, Tourism, Labour and TransportSuresh ShresthaBhaktapur 1 (A)15 August 2025 7Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and IrrigationKrishna Kumar TamangSindhupalchok 2 (B)5 August 2025 8Minister for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentBinu Rayamajhi PoudelParty list (Khas Arya - Women)15 August 20254 August 2026
Until 22 July 2026 With CPN (UML) as major Partner S.N.PortfolioMinister responsiblePolitical PartyConstituencyTenureCabinet ministers1Chief MinisterIndra Bahadur BaniyaNepali CongressMakwanpur 1 (B)5 August 2025 17 August 2026 2Minister for Agriculture and Livestock DevelopmentMadhusudan PaudelCPN (UML)Kathmandu 1 (A)5 August 202526 July 2026 3Minister for Internal Affairs and LawShivraj AdhikariNepali CongressPR List5 August 2025 17 August 2026 4Minister for HealthKiran Thapa MagarCPN (UML)Bhaktapur 2 (A)5 August 202526 July 2026 5Minister for Youth and SportsUrmila NepalNepali CongressLalitpur 1 (B)15 August 2025 17 August 20266Minister for Social DevelopmentKanchan Chandra BadeNepali CongressKavre 2 (B)15 August 20257Minister for Physical Infrastructure DevelopmentDinesh Chandra DevkotaCPN (UML)Party list (Khas Arya)5 August 202526 July 2026 8Minister for Economic Affairs and PlanningPrabhat Kumar TamangNepali CongressRasuwa 1 (A)15 August 2025 17 August 2026 9Minister for Forest and EnvironmentBharat Bahadur K.C.CPN (UML)Dolakha 1 (B)5 August 202526 July 2026 10Minister for Culture and TourismSuresh ShresthaNepali CongressBhaktapur 1 (A)15 August 2025 17 August 2026 11Minister for Labour, Employment and TransportationJayaram ThapaCPN (UML)Kathmandu 4 (B)5 August 202526 July 2026 12Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and IrrigationKrishna Kumar TamangNepali CongressSindhupalchok 2 (B)5 August 202517 August 2026 13Minister for Industry, Commerce, Land and AdministrationBindu ShresthaCPN (UML)Party list (Indigenous)5 August 202526 July 2026 14Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty AlleviationBinu Rayamajhi PoudelNepali CongressParty list (Khas Arya - Women)15 August 20254 August 2026
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