KATHMANDU: Newly elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed Maoist leader Jokh Bahadur Mahara as his chief personal secretary.

The CPN Maoist Centre's politburo member was working as the chief personal secretary of Dahal before the latter was elected the PM also.

Meanwhile, Dahal picked own son Prakash Dahal and Maoist youth leader Ramesh Malla as personal secretaries, according to a member of the PM's Secretariat, Purna Karki.

Meanwhile, photojournalist Dinesh Shrestha and Manohar Sharma has also been appointed in the Secretariat.

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