Kathmandu, March 16
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Maoist Centre chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal have discussed a list of possible candidates to be inducted into the Cabinet.
According to the UML’s Bishnu Paudel, the two leaders were expected to finalise the list of ministers, who are to be sworn in later in the afternoon. Paudel said that representatives from the Upendra Yadav-led Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum will also be inducted into the Cabinet, but it was still not clear whether they would be sworn in on Friday.
Earlier, former Prime Minister Prachanda had discusssed the allocation of ministerial berths among the members of the ruling coalition with RJP leader Mahanta Thakur. Sources say that a meeting of RJP had to be called off so that Thakur could discuss the issue with Prachanda.
The new ministers are to take their oat of office at 4 pm on Friday. Pradeep Gyawali and Raghubir Mahaseth are tipped to become new ministers from the UML. Other names have not been finalised yet. The Prime Minister has been authorised to pick his ministers from the party.
