HETAUDA: Governor of Province 3, Anuradha Koirala, has administered the oath of office and secrecy to Dor Mani Poudel, Chief Minister of the Province, amidst a function organised in Hetauda today.

Poudel is the Parliamentary Party (PP) leader of CPN-UML of Province 3. Governor Koirala had appointed him to the post on Sunday.

Poudel (71) is the Provincial Parliament member from Makawanpur-1 (B).

Speaker of the Provincial Assembly Sanu Kumar Shrestha, Deputy Speaker Radhika Tamang, CPN Maoist Centre PP leader Salikram Jamarkattel, and PP leader of Nepali Congress Indra Bahadur Baniya, among others, were present at the oath taking ceremony.