Kathmandu, November 1
Karnali Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi is preparing to reshuffle his provincial council of ministers on Sunday.
In the reshuffle, Shahi will remove two ministers loyal to the party chairperson, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Likewise, three leaders considered close to the party’s senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal will be inducted into the cabinet to replace the two and fill one vacant position.
The development will follow an understanding made between Shahi, considered close to another party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and pro-Nepal leaders in the province after pro-Oli leaders registered a no-confidence motion to remove him from the parliamentary party leader’s position. If pro-Nepal leaders had also supported the motion, the party would have removed Shahi from the position of its leader, hence the chief minister also.
Social Development Minister Dal Rawal and Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Minister Nanda Singh Budha will lose their jobs today. The Physical Infrastructure Ministry is already vacant with incumbent Khadka Bahadur Khatri dragged into a banking offence.
Chandra Bahadur Shahi. Karabir Shahi and Amar Bahadur Thapa will be appointed as ministers today. The chief minister is yet to decide portfolios for them.
