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New ministers to take oath today

New ministers to take oath today

By Himalayan News Service

The Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar as captured on Friday, October 14, 2016. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who had informed his Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that he would reshuffle the Cabinet on Wednesday, sent a list of new ministers to the president late at night. The PM’s Press Adviser Surya Thapa told THT that the PM had sent a letter with details of new appointees to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari. The new ministers will be sworn in on Thursday morning. Thapa added that apart from replacing nine ministers with new ones, Minister of Health and Population Upendra Yadav will switch his portfolio with Minister of Law Bhanubhakta Dhakal. Yadav will be deputy prime minister with law portfolio, while Dhakal will be the new health minister. Incoming ministers Portfolios  Outgoing ministers Hridayesh Tripathi Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration Lal Babu Pandit Ghanashyam Bhusal Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development Chakra Pani Khanal Lekhraj Bhatta Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Matrika Yadav Rameshwor Ray Yadav Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista Basanta K Nembang Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth Parbat Gurung Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens Tham Maya Thapa Moti Lal Dugad Minister of State for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Dhan Bahadur Budha Nava Raj Rawat Minister of State for Health and Population Ram Kumari Chaudhari Ram Bir Manandhar Minister of State for Urban Development Surendra Kumar Yadav