Cabinet expansion incomplete: Nepali Congress partial, RSP and Janamat Party out

Newly appointed ministers in the latest round of cabinet expansion pose for a photograph following the oath ceremony, in Kathmandu, on Friday, March 31, 2023.

Kathmandu, March 31

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal expanded his cabinet on Friday. But, with the latest cabinet expansion also, the Council of Ministers is incomplete.

The cabinet remained incomplete as the Nepali Congress did not send eight ministers as allocated thanks to a dispute between two factions in the party.

Likewise, the Rastriya Swatantra Party did not agree to join the government as it was not offered the portfolios it demanded.

On the day of Dahal’s cabinet expansion, sitting Watter Supply Minister Abdul Khan resigned expressing his dissatisfaction over the portfolio.

Meanwhile, PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal managed to add one more minister from his party, Shakti Basnet, to the cabinet as the minister for energy.

The newly appointed ministers took their oath of office and secrecy from President Ram Chandra Paudel today.

Here is the full list of the Council of Ministers following the cabinet expansion as per the Office of the President.

SN	Name	Position	Portfolio	Party
1	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	Prime Minister	Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Foreign Affairs Forests and Environment Youth and Sports Health and Population Water Supply	Maoist Centre
2	Purna Bahadur Khadka	Deputy PM	Defence	Nepali Congress
3	Narayan Kaji Shrestha	Deputy PM	Home Affairs	Maoist Centre
4	Beduram Bhusal	Minister	Agriculture and Livestock Development	Unified Socialist
5	Ashok Kumar Rai	Minister	Education, Science and technology	JSPN
6	Sharad Singh Bhandari	Minister	Labour, Employment and Social Security	LSP
7	Prakash Sharan Mahat	Minister	Finance	Nepali Congress
8	Mahindra Raya Yadav	Minister	Women, Children and Senior Citizens	Nepal Samajbadi Party/Maoist Centre
9	Shakti Bahadur Basnet	Minister	Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation	Maoist Centre
10	Rekha Sharma	Minister	Communications and Information Technology	Maoist Centre
11	Sudan Kirati	Minister	Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Maoist Centre
12	Aman Lal Modi	Minister	Federal Affairs and General Administration	Maoist Centre
13	Prakash Jwala	Minister	Physical Infrastructure and Transport	Unified Socialist
14	Ranjita Shrestha	Minister	Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation	Nagarik Unmukti
15	Ramesh Rijal	Minister	Industry, Commerce and Supplies	Nepali Congress
16	Sita Gurung	Minister	Urban Development	Nepali Congress
17	Sushila Sirpali Thakuri	Minister of State	Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation	Maoist Centre

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