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All the opposition had supported him to be next chief-minister of Gandaki Province submitting to Governor a list of majority signatures  as Prithivi Subba Gurung failed to get vote of confidence in assembly as per Article 168 (4) of the Constitution of Nepal."],"facts":[{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Tanahunsur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3423002","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/tanahunsur"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Chief Minister of Gandaki Province","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109941194"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630#P39"}}],"office":{"profile":"https://diginpl.com/next/explore/person/krishna-chandra-nepali-pokharel","holdings":[]},"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Chandra_Nepali_Pokharel","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630"],"faq":[{"q":"What positions has Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel held?","a":"Positions held by Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel include: Chief Minister of Gandaki Province."}],"related":[{"name":"Ram Chandra Mandal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ram-chandra-mandal"},{"name":"Upendra Mahato","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/upendra-mahato-q67912160"},{"name":"Onsari Gharti Magar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/onsari-gharti-magar"},{"name":"Arjun Bahadur Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/arjun-bahadur-thapa"},{"name":"Chautariya Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chautariya-pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jigme-dorje-palbar-bista"},{"name":"Kamal Thapa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kamal-thapa"},{"name":"Krishna Bahadur Mahara","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/krishna-bahadur-mahara"},{"name":"Prince Bahadur Shah of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-bahadur-shah-of-nepal"},{"name":"Pushpa Lal Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushpa-lal-shrestha"},{"name":"Barsaman Pun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/barsaman-pun"},{"name":"Bhumika Shrestha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bhumika-shrestha"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/krishna-chandra-nepali-pokharel-2946008f6d.jpg","width":500,"height":350,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Shree2021","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CM-_K.C.Nepali.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Chandra_Nepali_Pokharel","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): कृष्णचन्द्र नेपाली पोखरेल","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q107206630","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107206630","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: CM- K.C.Nepali.jpg by Shree2021 (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CM-_K.C.Nepali.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. 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