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At a press conference to inform about the most recent
Cabinet choices, Sharma said the celebrations were hectic with the election campaign and therefore, Cabinet growth would take place just
after presidential election Sharma said in the brand-new political context after development of the eight-party alliance, the PM needed to
hold talks with union partners about portfolios and other problems.
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 28Minister of Communications and Information
Technology Rekha Sharma stated that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was likely to induct ministers in his Cabinet after the presidential
elections scheduled for March 9.
881 MPs to vote in presidential election.
At a press conference to brief about the most recent Cabinet
choices, Sharma said the celebrations were hectic with the election campaign and therefore, Cabinet growth would take place only after
Sharma stated in the brand-new political context after development of the eight-party alliance, the PM needed to hold talks with coalition
partners about portfolios and other problems.
There are 8 parties in the current union - the CPN-Maoist Centre, Nepali Congress, CPN
(Unified Socialist), Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal, Loktantrik Samajwadi Party-Nepal, Janamat Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party and Rastriya
Janamorcha.At least seven political parties other than Rastriya Janamorcha are likely to sign up with the federal government and it is often
a challenging job for the prime minister to satisfy all union partners as all of them desire more ministries and plum portfolios.At present,
the PM is holding Cabinet portfolios abandoned by Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, and the CPN- UML
Just yesterday, all eight UML ministers tendered their resignation to the PM.With the formation of the new eight-party alliance, portfolio
department amongst coalition partners could show challenging, thus, the delay in Cabinet expansion until the governmental election
Since Cabinet reshuffle before the presidential election could disenchant some coalition partners, the PM might defer portfolio circulation
until the presidential election.At present there are only seven ministers in the Dahal Cabinet, consisting of Dahal himself
The PM holds 16 ministries at present, consisting of the portfolio of Forests and Environment; Youth and Sports; Home Affairs; Education,
Science and Technology; Labour, Employment and Social Security; Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation; Urban Development; Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs; Finance; Agriculture and Livestock Development; Industry, Commerce and Supplies; Land Management, Cooperatives and
Poverty Alleviation; Foreign Affairs; Health and Population; Women, Children and Senior Citizens; and Defence.Minister Sharma likewise said
the PM would look for vote of confidence
Short article 100 (2) of the constitution specifies: In case a political celebration, which the prime minister represents, is divided or a
political celebration in the union government withdraws support, the prime minister shall table a motion in your house of Representatives
for a vote of self-confidence within thirty days.The federal government has actually chosen to publish the names of martyrs, consisting of
those eliminated in different political motions, and individualss war in the Nepal gazette.In action to an inquiry, Minister Sharma stated
that the PM had selected Senior Advocate and previous Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Govinda Bandi as his Peace and
Human Rights adviser only for the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council.A version of this short article appears in the print on March 1,
2023, of The Himalayan Times
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