Kathmandu, Nov 5: President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered oath of office and secrecy to three newly appointed Deputy Prime Ministers and other ministers in the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Women and Children Chandra Prakash Mainali and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Chitra Bahadur KC were sworn-in Thursday by the President amidst a special ceremony at the Office of President, Shital Niwas.
Likewise, Minister for Finance Bishnu Poudel, Minister for Information and Communication Sherdhan Rai, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Ananda Pokhrel and Minister for Labour and Transport Shanta Manwi also took the oath of office and secrecy from the President on the occasion.
Similarly, Minister Satya Narayan Mandal has been assigned to look after the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the portfolio of Ministry of Health and Population has been allocated to Minister Ramjanam Chaudhary and Bishwendra Paswan has got the portfolio of the Ministry of Science and Environment.
Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Oli, Acting Chief Justice Girish Chandra Lal, Deputy Prime Ministers, sitting ministers, chiefs of constitutional bodies, various political and lawmakers were present on the occasion.
Earlier today, the meeting of top leaders of the major ruling party CPN (UML) finalised the name of ministers on behalf of the party in the new government. Deputy Prime Minister Rawal is the party vice chair.
DPM Mainali represents the CPN (ML) in the UML-headed government. He is the General Secretary of the party while DPM KC is the chairman of Rastriya Janamorcha. This is the first time that KC holds a ministerial portfolio.
However, the coalition partner Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal has not yet finalised the name of remaining ministers in the new government.
The CPN (United) is likely to get one minister in the new government.
Another coalition partner UCPN (Maoist) has already sent the ministers in its share to the government. RSS
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