Koirala expands Cabinet, inducts eight ministers
Kathmandu,
Jan
11:
Nepal
Prime
Minister
Girija
Prasad
on
Thursday
Koirala
expanded
the
Cabinet,
inducting
three
ministers
and
five
state
ministers.
Koirala
nominated
his
daughter
Sujata
Koirala
as
Minister
without
portfolio,
while
Nepali
Congress
leader
Farmulla
Mansoor
was
nominated
as
Minister
for
Science
and
Technology,
which
was
vacant
since
a
senior
leader
of
the
Nepali
Congress
(NC)
resigned
to
form
a
new
party
of
the
Terai
recently.
Similarly, NC leaders Ram Kumar Chaudhary and Dina Upadhyaya Aryal were nominated as State Ministers for Home and Water Resource Ministries, respectively.Koirala also appointed UML leader Nagendra Choudhary as Minister of State for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.Two Maoist nominees, Padam Rai and Nabin Kumar B K, were appointed as Minister of State for Physical Planning and Works and Minister of State for Local Development, respectively.
UNI