Newly appointed ministers assigned portolios
Kathmandu,
Oct 17 : Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday assigned the newly
appointed ministers (without portfolios ) to look after various ministries.
As a
result, those ministers from the government coalition partner CPN (Maoist
Centre) who were looking after the ministries were left without portfolio. As
per the Cabinet reshuffle, Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa has been given the
task of running the Ministry of Energy.
Likewise,
Jayant Chand has been assigned to look after the Ministry of Supplies, while
Dilnath Giri the Ministry of Urban Development and Bikram Bahadur Thapa the
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.
Dipak
Bohara has been tasked with running the Ministry of Health. Before the
reshuffle, Bohara served as a minister for Science and Technology.
Minister
of State Kunti Kumari Shahi has been assigned to the Ministry of Urban
Development, while state minister Bhaskar Bhadra the Ministry of Energy, state
minister Sushil Kumar Shrestha the Ministry of Supplies, and state minister
Kanta Bhattarai the Ministry Women, Children and Social Welfare.