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Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has
expanded the cabinet. 7 ministers and one state minister along with three
deputy prime ministers were added today. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari
administered the oath of office and secrecy to all the members of the expanded
cabinet amid a function organized at Sheetal Niwas today. Among the deputy
prime ministers appointed today are Bhim Rawal of CPN-UML who is also the
Minister for Defense, Chitra Bahadur K.C. of Janamorcha Nepal who is also the
Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation and C.P. Mainali of CPN-ML
who is also Minister for Children and Social Welfare. Similarly, CPN-UML's
Bishnu Poudel has been appointed as Minister for Finance, Sherdhan Rai-
Minister for Communications and Information, Shanta Manavi- Minister without
portfolio and Ananda Pokharel- Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil
Aviation. Likewise, Ram Janam Chaudhary of Forum Democratic, who was the
Minister without portfolio earlier, has been assigned responsibility of
Ministry for Health and Population, CPN-UML's Satya Narayan Mandal- Ministry
of Youth and Sports and Bishendra Pashwan has been given responsibility of
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment. Likewise, Kumar Subba of
RPP-Nepal has been appointed the Minister for Land Reform and Management and
Megh Raj Nepali Nishad the Minister of state for Industry and Mustaq Aalam
the Minister of state for Health and Population. Oli who was elected the
prime minister on October 12 has expanded the cabinet for second time.
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