Kathmandu, Nepal: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expanded his council of ministers by inducting three State Ministers on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Dahal, who had expanded his cabinet on Monday only, has inducted State Ministers in the mean time when he has reportedly been committing to the Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to handover the leadership of the government after the first phase of local level elections scheduled for May 14.
The newly inducted state ministers include Sumitra Biswas as State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; Yashoda Lama as State Minister for Land Reform and Management and Janak Chaudhary as State Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development. All the state ministers are affiliated to the Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar-led Nepal Democratic Forum (NDF).
Gachhadar had taken oath of office and secrecy on Monday as the Deputy Prime Minister with Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development.
Similarly, Jitendra Narayan Dev and Gopal Dahit were also appointed as Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Ministry for Land Reform and Management respectively.
