RPP recommends two names for state minister

KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party Democratic has recommended the names of Biraj Bista and Kamala Sharma as the ministers of state representing the party in the Nepali Congress-led coalition government.

Bista has been recommended for the appointment as the Minister of State for Science and Technology and Sharma as the Minister of State for Forest and Soil Conservation, according to party leader Rajaram Shrestha.

Bista has already served as the assistant minister in the Ministry of Federal Affairs.

The party Chairman Pashupati Shamsher Rana has already presented their names before Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the two are likely to be sworn in today itself.