Kathmandu, Nepal: It is likely that the ministers from the CPN Maoist Center would be relieved from the responsibility as cabinet ministers and state ministers.
As the CPN Maoist Center decided to clinch in the government even though it forge electoral alliance with the main opposition party CPN UML, the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been mulling to relieve the Maoist Ministers from the responsibilities.
A reliable source claims that the ministers from the CPN Maoist Center will be transformed as the ministers without portfolio by Monday. It is said that Nepali Congress has been consulting with other democratic parties including the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) to this effect.
However, there is also an equal chance that Prime Minister Deuba would remove the ministers from the CPN Maoist Center. PM Deuba had given a clear hint towards removing ministers from the CPN Maoist Center while speaking at the parliament on Saturday.
Responding to the criticism of the CPN UML chairman KP Sharma Oli, Prime Minister Deuba had said the size of the cabinet might decrease in a couple of days.
While speaking in the parliament, UML chairman Oli had criticized the government for increasing the cabinet size to 64.
It is said that the responsibilities given to the ministers from the CPN Maoist Center will be transformed to the RPP. It is said that Newly inducted Deputy Prime Minister and RPP chairman Kamal Thapa will discharge the responsibility of Ministry of Home Affairs.
