KATHMANDU: Prime Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to two State Ministers -- Yashoda Kumari Lama and Sumitra Tharuni -- at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. They are from newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar's party, Nepal Democratic Forum. DPM Gachhadar and Chief Secretary Somlal Subedi were also present on the occasion. Lama has been appointed the State Minister for Land Reform and Management and Tharuni the State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Another State Minister appointee, Janak Chaudhary, of the same party, however, is yet to be sworn in. Chaudhary could not attend the swearing-in ceremony today as he is in Mugu, leader Ram Janam Chaudhary told THT Online. He will be sworn in after he returns to the Kathmandu Valley -- most likely tomorrow. READ ALSO:

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