PM Deuba finally expands cabinet, inducts 19 new ministers

Kathmandu / July 26: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expanded the cabinet on Wednesday. The newly appointed ministers have been sworn in today itself.

As many as 10 ministers have been inducted from Nepali Congress, 6 from CPN Maoist Centre, 2 from Gachhadar-led Nepal Loktantrik Forum and 1 from CPN-United.

From the Nepali Congress, Yagya Bahadur Thapa- Minister for Law and Justice; Bhimsen Pradhan – Minister for Defence; Rajan KC- Minister for Youth and Sports; Min Bishwakarma- Minister for Commerce; Ambika Basnet- Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation; Mahendra Yadav- Minister for Water Supply and Sanitation; Bir Bahadur Balayar- Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport; Mohan Basnet- Minister for Information and Communication; Ram Krishna Yadav- Minister for Agricultural Development have been inducted in the cabinet.

Likewise, from the Maoist Centre, Giriraj Mani Pokharel- Minister for Health; Santa Kumar Tharu – Minister for Livestock; Development; Mahendra Bahadur Shahi- Minister for Energy; Asha Koirala- Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Development; Tek Bahadur Basnet- Minister for General Administration; Shiva Kumar Mandal- Minister for Supplies; Sanjay Kumar Gautam- Minister for Irrigation have been appointed as the ministers.

The two ministers Gopal Dahati- Minister for Land Reforms and Management and Jeetendra Dev- Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture are from the Loktantrik Forum while Mithila Chaudhary- Minister for Population and Environment is from the CPN-United.