PM Oli has only four Cabinet colleagues as these 20 relieved of their positions
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KATHMANDU, June 22: The Supreme Court 9SC) has passed an order to annul the expansion of Cabinet by KP Sharma Oli in his capacity as the caretaker prime minister.
A division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana , on Tuesday, ordered that the twenty ministers including 11 those from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) be relieved of their positions as Cabinet members
With this, only four ministers, who were the Cabinet members before the May 22 House dissolution move, will remain intact in their capacity as ministers. Bishnu Poudel, Basant Nembang, Krishna Gopal Shrestha and Lilanath will remain with Oli.
Twenty others, however, were relieved as per Tuesday’s SC verdict. They were inducted in the Cabinet even after the lower house of parliament was dissolved and KP Oli automatically turned into the caretaker prime minister. See the list:
Ministers
1. Raghubir Mahaseth, ForeignAffairs
2. Rajendra Mahato, Urban Development
3. Khagraj Adhikari, Home Affairs
4. Sarat Singh Bhandari, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
5. Anil Kumar Jha, Drinking Water
6. Sher Bahadur Tamang, Health and Population
7. Raj Kishor Yadav, Industry, Commerce and Supply
8. Laxman Lal Karna, Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
9. Nainkala Thapa, Communication and Information Technology
10. Jwala Kumari Sah, Agriculture and Livestock Development
11. Bimal Shreevastav, Labor, Employment and Social Security
12. Uma Shankar Argariya, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
13. Chanda Chaudhary, Women, Children and Senior Citizens
14. Ekbal Miya, Youth and Sports
15. Narad Muni Rana, Forest and Environment
16. Ganesh Kumar Pahadi, Federal Affairs and General Administration
17. Mohan Mainali, non-portfolio
Ministers of state
1. Chandrakanta Chaudhary, Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation
2. Renuka Gurung, , Women, Children and Senior Citizens
3. Asha Kumari BK, Forest and Environment
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