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Uddab Thapa Kathmandu, July 27 The Supreme Court has annulled the appointment of Uddab Thapa as the chief minister of Koshi province. The divisional bench of Justices Ishwar Prasad Khatiwada, Anand Mohan Bhattarai and Til Prasad Shrestha annulled Thapa’s appointment. On July 6, Nepali Congress leader Thapa claimed the post of chief minister and submitted a letter to the state chief Parshuram Khapung stating he had the support of Speaker Baburam Gautam. Relying on this support, the state chief, Khapung, appointed Thapa as the chief minister . Following Thapa’s appointment, outgoing chief minister UML leader Hikmat Kumar Karki filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court. The petition argued that forming a government with the support of the Speaker, who holds a neutral role, is illegal. Karki has claimed he should be reinstated as the chief minister of Koshi province as per Article 168 (3) of the Constitution which states that the leader of the largest party in the provincial asse...