JSP submits name of new ministers

KATHMANDU, July 4: Days after the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) decided to recall its ministers from the government, the party has submitted a list of new set of ministers.

Chairman of the party, Upendra Yadav submitted the list to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday evening, according to a leader of the party.

There are currently four ministers in the Cabinet representing the JSP. They are Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Renu Kumari Yadav, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Ramsahay Prasad, Forest Minister and Mahindra Raya Yadav, Agriculture Minister.

Except Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, all other ministers will be replaced by Istiyak Rai, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Mrigendra Kumar Singh, Agriculture Minister and Pradip Kumar Yadav, Forest Minister.