KATHMANDU: The Nepali Army has assigned the responsibility of the army spokesperson to Brigadier General Gokul Bhandari.

Bhandari, who is currently the Chief of the Number 2 Brigade at Hile of Dhankuta district, will take up the responsibility of army spokesman in a few days.

The Army has appointed Bhandari its spokesman after the incumbent spokesperson Brigadier General Naina Raj Dahal got the responsibility of the west region Force Commander under the UN Peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.