INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 3The Cabinet has been broadened in Madhes Province.
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PM Dahal expands Cabinet, inducts 15 more ministers
Janmat Partys Mahesh Prasad Yadav has actually been designated as the minister
of education, science, innovation and commerce, Surita Kumari Sah, minister of social development, Shatrudhan Prasad Singh, minister of home
affairs and commu-nications, Singasan Sah Kalwar, minister of water system and power development, Rajkumar Lekhi, minister of law, justice
and provincial assembly affairs and Md Jayad Alam has actually been selected as minister of ladies, kids, youths and sports.Similarly, Abul
Kalam Azad has actually been selected as minister of state for social advancement, Keshav Rai as minister of state for home affairs and
communications and Sanjay Kumar Yadav as minister of state for land management, farming and cooperatives, according to the state chiefs
office.Provincial Chief Harishankar Mishra today administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly-appointed ministers and state
ministers.The CPN-Maoist Centre did not take part in the provincial federal government after their need for two ministries were not fufilled
by Chief Minister Yadav.Earlier, Chief Minister Yadav on January 13 had appointed 3 ministers.With todays expansion, now the province has 10
ministers, consisting of the chief minister and 3 state ministers.Chief Minister Yadav has kept the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and
Forestry after the CPN-MC decided not to join the government.In the centre, Chairman of the CPN-Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal is the prime
minister.As Prime Minister Dahal did not give any ministry to the alliance partner JSP-N, it seems that JSP-N has actually taken revenge on
the Maoists in the province.A variation of this article appears in the print on February 4, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
Chief Minister
Saroj Kumar Yadav has selected 6 more ministers and three ministers of state.
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