KAILALI: Chief Minister of Province 7, Trilochan Bhatta, has formed a seven-member Council of Ministers on Saturday.

Chief of the Province Mohan Raj Malla administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed Chief Minister and other ministers at a function organised at the office of the Province Chief in Dhangadhi.

The allocation of portfolios of the Province 7 Council of Ministers is as follows: Prakash Shah – Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law Dirgha Bahadur Sodari – Minister, Social Development Pathan Singh Bohara – Minister, Physical Infrastructure Development Jhapat Bohara – Minister, Economic and Planning Maya Bhatta – Minister, Industry, Tourism, and Forest and Environment Binita Chaudhary – Minister, Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives