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Forum’s ministers force PM to transfer secretaries without Cabinet meeting

L-R: Pushpa Chaudhary and Dipendra Nath Sharma

Kathmandu, October 24

The government on Wednesday transferred secretaries of the Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Urban Development.

Whereas a Cabinet meeting decides the transfer of special class officers in general, the decision has been made without the meeting. Multiple sources say the ruling coalition partner, Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal, put pressure on the government to transfer the staff.

The party has sent its two leaders–Upendra Yadav and Mohammad Istiyak Rai–to lead the Health and the Urban Development ministries respectively.

It has been learned that Yadav had been piling pressure on the Prime Minister to remove Secretary Pushpa Chaudhary from his ministry. Chaudhary has been accused of financial irregularities.

In the meantime, Rai also forced the PM to transfer Secretary Dipendra Nath Sharma though he is considered a ‘clean’ bureaucrat.

Both Chaudhary and Sharma have been sent to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. They have not been given specific responsibilities though.

Meanwhile, Sushil Nath Pyakurel has been given the responsibility of Health Secretary. Incumbent Secretary at Office of the Nepal Trust, Ramesh Singh, has been sent to the Urban Development Ministry.

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