Chief Minister Pandey expands Cabinet in Bagmati Province

KATHMANDU: Chief Minister Rajendra Pandey expanded Cabinet in Bagmati Province on Thursday.

Pandey appointed CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Salikram Jamarkattel and Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party secretary Nima Lama as the ministers in his Cabinet.

Jamarkattel has been appointed as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning and Lama as the Minister for Health.

Province Chief Yadav Chandra Sharma administered the oath of office and secrecy to the duo today itself.

Pandey, who was appointed as the Chief Minister on October 28, had formed a four-member in his Cabinet in the first phase.

Earlier, Kumari Moktan of CPN (Maoist Centre) was appointed as the Minister for Social Development, Krishna Prasad Khanal of  CPN (Unified Socialist) as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law and Krishna Lal Bhandel of Nepali Congress as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Development.