PM ADDS 7 MORE MINISTERS TO CABINET
Kathmandu, 8 Nov.: Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai
expanded his government for the sixth time Tuesday before
embarking for Maldives to attend the 17th eight-nation SAARC summit.
The premier appointed Maoist party spokesman Dina Nath Sharma was appointed education minister.
Lokendra Bista was appointed tourism and civil aviation minister, Satya Pahadi peace and reconstruction minister, Kalpana Dhamala science and technology minister Bhim Prasad Gautam land reforms and Ram Kumar Yadav minister for general administration.
They are from the establishment faction of UCPN (Maoist).
Sarita Giri of NSP, chairperson of NSP (Giri) from the terai was appointed labour and transport minister.
Bhattarai expanded the cabinet after the Baidya group in UCPN (Maoist) didn’t cabinet accept seats allocated for the faction after a long
Wait amid deep differences in the party leading the government.
The premier administered oaths of office to the full ministers at Shital Niwas in the presence of President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.
Ten ministers of state are also being appointed Tuesday ant PM Bhattarai will install formally at a programme in Sngha Durbar before his departure for Maldives, a press aide said.
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