PM Oli reshuffles Cabinet, appoints eight new ministers

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec. 25: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reshuffled the Cabinet filling in the vacant posts and changing portfolios of the members of the Council of Ministers.

Newly appointed ministers are Top Bahadur Raymajhi, Minister for Irrigation, Energy and Water Resources, Prabhu Sah, Minister for Urban Devlopment, Mani Thapa, Minister for Drinking Water, Prem Ale, Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, Ganesh Singh Thagunna, Minister for General Administration and Federal Affairs, Juli Kumari Mahato, Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Gauri Shankar Chaudhari, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Dawa Lama, Minister for Youth and Sports and Bimala Bishwakarma, State Minister for Industry.

The ministers whose responsibilities have been changed are Hridyesh Tripathi, Minister for Health and Population, Gopal Krishna Shrestha, Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Padma Kumari Aryal, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Dr. Shivamaya Tumbahamphe, Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Leelanath Shrestha, Minister for Justice, Law and Parliamentary Affairs.

All the newly appointed ministers took the oath of office and secrecy this evening.