PM sends sent the names of 13 ministers to President, 5 ministries still vacant
Prachanda has recommended to the president the appointment of 13 names from the coalition parties for the first phase of the expansion of the council of ministers.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has sends the names of 13 ministers to the President for consideration for Cabinet expansion.
Prachanda has recommended to the president the appointment of 13 names from the coalition parties for the first phase of the expansion of the council of ministers.
At 2 p.m., the Prime Minister sent the names of the ministers to the President, according to Manhari Timalsina, a member of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. The President will appoint ministers based on the Prime Minister’s recommendation.
Such is the list of ministers
Nepali Congress
Purna Bahadur Khadka – Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister
Prakash Sharan Mahat – Finance Minister
Ramesh Rijal – Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply
Sita Gurung – Ministry of Urban Development
Four blanks (name to be agreed upon)
Maoist
Narayan Kaji Shrestha – Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister
Shakti Basnet – Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Nepal
Other all old
CPN-S
Beduram Bhusal – Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Development
Prakash Jwala – Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
JSP
Akosh Rai – Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
One vacancy
NUP
Ranjita Shrestha – Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
LSP
Sharad Singh Bhandari – Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security
NSP
Mahindra Rai Yadav – Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
Janamat
Abdul Khan 9 Ministry of Water and Sanitation
