Kathmandu, March 6 -- The formation of a new four-party coalition in Kathmandu has sent ripples across the country. The changed equation at Singha Durbar has had the fate of the provincial governments, mainly those led by former ruling partner Nepali Congress, hanging in the balance.

Currently, the Congress leads the provincial executives in Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces while the CPN (Maoist Centre) is at the helm in Bagmati and Karnali provinces.

Likewise, the coalition government in Madhesh is led by the Janata Samajbadi Party. The provincial executives in Koshi, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim are in crisis with the changed political equation.

Amid this, on Tuesday, Gandaki Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey ...