Kathmandu, Aug 27: The portfolio of the newly appointed ministers from the Nepali Congress is as follows:
Sita Devi Yadav (Peace and Reconstruction), Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat (Foreign Affairs), Arjun Narsingh KC (Urban Development), Bal Krishna Khand (Defense), Suryaman Gurung (Labour and Employment), Jivan Bahadur Shahi (Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation), Gagan Kumar Thapa (Health and Population), Keshav Kumar Budhathoki (General Administration), Deepak Giri (Irrigation), Romi Gauchan Thakali (Commerce), Nabindra Raj Joshi (Industry), Hridayaram Thani (Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation) and Shanker Bhandari (Forest and Soil Conservation).
President, Bidya Devi Bhandari, administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers at the President House, Shital Niwas in the presence of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
The ceremony was also attended by NC President and former PM Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel.
Yadav who is the elected treasurer of the Nepali Congress has been appointed the minister for the first time. She is the only woman minister from the party. Similarly, party central member Shahi, Thapa, Giri, Joshi, Thani and Bhandari are also the new faces to be appointed the ministers.
KC, Mahat, Khand, Gurung and Budhathoki have already held ministerial post before this. The NC currently holds 15 ministerial posts in the present government. RSS
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