Kathmandu, Nepal: To break the history of largest ever number of the cabinet, the number should cross 57, which is just less by six numbers less than the historically largest-ever cabinet.
With the latest expansion to the cabinet, the number has led to a 49-member Council of Ministers including three Deputy Prime Ministers, 19 Ministers and 23 State Ministers.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had inducted 15 more State Ministers in his Cabinet on Tuesday. All the newly inducted Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers by the Prime Minister Deuba.
Out of 15 State Ministers inducted in the Cabinet, NC has 12 ministers while Nepal Loktantrik Forum led by Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar has three Ministers.
PM Deuba has expanded his cabinet just day ahead of embarking five-day state visit to India. Prime Minister Deuba is living for India today at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.
The newly inducted State Ministers in the cabinet include Seeta Gurung for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Sarita Prasain for Agriculture Development, Shesh Nath Adhikari for Education, Nar Bahadur Chand for Commerce, Abdul Rajjaki for Drinking Water and Sanitation, Tapta Bahadur Bista for Information and Communications, Amar Sing Pun for Irrigation, Dilman Pakhrin for Law and Justice, Uday Shamsher Rana for Finance, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary for Labour and Employment, Teju Lal Chaudhary for Youth and Sports, Champa Devi Khadka for Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation, Janakraj Chaudhary for Federal Affairs and Local Development, Sumitra Tharuni for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation and Yashoda Kumari Lama for Lands Reforms.
