Nepal Cabinet Expansion: The four members who were added to the Council of Ministers were former Justice Anil Kumar Sinha, Samata Foundation chairperson Madan Pariyar, Magsaysay winner Mahabir Pun, and TV anchor Jagdish Kharel.
Nepal Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Monday expanded her cabinet, adding four members to the Council of Ministers. The development comes days after she was sworn in as the prime minister of the Himalayan nation, after the KP Sharma Oli government was toppled following the Gen-Z protests in the country.
The four members who were added to the Council of Ministers were former Justice Anil Kumar Sinha, Samata Foundation chairperson Madan Pariyar, Magsaysay winner Mahabir Pun, and TV anchor Jagdish Kharel.ย The oath was administered to them by Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel at Shital Niwas in Kathmandu.ย
Nepal cabinet expansion: Who gets what?
According to news agency ANI, Sinha has been given the charge of Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supply; Law and Justice; and Land Reforms, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. Pun, on the other hand, got the education, and science and technology department.
The agriculture department was given to Pariyar, while Kharel was made the information and communications minister.