1994 Adhikari cabinet | |
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![]() Cabinet of Nepal | |
November 1994–September 1995 | |
Date formed | 30 November 1994 |
Date dissolved | 12 September 1995 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | King Birendra |
Prime Minister | Man Mohan Adhikari |
Deputy Prime Minister | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
Total no. of members | 15 appointments |
Member party | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |
Status in legislature | Minority in Pratinidhi Sabha 88 / 205 (43%) |
Opposition party | Nepali Congress |
Opposition leader | Girija Prasad Koirala |
History | |
Election | 1994 general election |
Legislature term | 3rd House of Representatives |
Predecessor | First G.P. Koirala cabinet |
Successor | First Deuba cabinet |
On November 30, 1994, following the 1994 parliamentary election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) formed a minority government led by Man Mohan Adhikari.[1] Despite the Nepali Congress securing more popular votes than the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), the latter secured 88 seats to the former's 83. Neither party was successful in forming a coalition to hold a majority of the 205 seats. After failed coalition negotiations, Adhikari became Prime Minister of a minority government, acquiring the support of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the Nepal Sadbhawana Party.[2]
Adhikari only served as the Prime Minister of Nepal for nine months and was the first democratically elected prime minister from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). During his time in office, then chief of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz rejected funding the Arun III hydro-electric project[3] Also, the Adhikari government promoted programs such as the build-your-own-village-program.[4] Prime Minister Adhikari also enhanced the relationship with Mongolia.[citation needed]
In June 1995, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the Nepal Sadbhawana Party, who helped to form a minority government supported the Nepali Congress's call for a vote of no-confidence in Adhikari's government in a special session of the House of Representatives. Adhikari attempted to dissolve parliament and call elections in an attempt to replicate the circumstances under which he assumed office in 1994. But a Supreme Court challenge led by the Congress saw this move deemed unconstitutional and the parliament was restored. The vote of no-confidence proceeded successfully. Elections in 1995 saw Adhikari's government voted out of office and made Nepali Congress's Sher Bahadur Deuba the next Prime Minister of Nepal.[5]