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Kathmandu, Nepal: Five cabinet ministers from the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s party- CPN Maoist Center have been administered oath of office and secrecy amid a function on Sunday.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers at the Sheetal Niwas.
The newly inducted ministers include Minister for Energy Janardan Sharma, Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development Hitraj Pandey, Minister for Information and Communications Surendra Kumar (Ram) Karki, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ajaya Shankar Nayak and Minister without Portfolio Dhaniram Paudel.
Earlier, it was said that Paudel was recommended as the Minister for Education. But the plan to appoint Poudel as the Education minister was cancelled after Nepali Congress claimed their stake in the Ministry of Education.
Dignitaries the oath taking ceremony, various dignitaries including Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Speaker Onsari Gharti and many others were also present.
Likewise, Prime Minister Dahal is also going to administer the oath of office and secrecy to four new Ministers of State at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Sunday evening.
According to the source close to the Maoist, the newly appointed Ministers for state include Sri Prasad Jabegu (Federal Affairs and Local Development), Satya Narayan Bhagat (Energy), Radhika Tamang (Agriculture development) and Dhana Maya BK (without portfolio).
