Sudurpashchim Province Government Reshuffled with New Ministers

Dhangadhi. The Sudurpashchim Province government is set to reshuffle its cabinet today. The two major ruling coalition parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, have decided to recall their current ministers and appoint new faces. The decision aims to quell long-standing internal dissatisfaction within the parties and to distribute ministerial positions on a rotational basis. New ministers are scheduled to be sworn in today. CPN-UML has already submitted the list of its ministerial nominees to Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah. The current UML ministers will be replaced by a new team. CPN-UML has decided to appoint Santosh Sharma, the deputy parliamentary party leader, Chief Whip Chakra Malla, Daman Bhandari, and Janaki Air Bom as ministers. The list of newly appointed ministers has been sent to the Chief Minister's office. Currently, the Sudurpashchim government includes Surendra Pal from UML as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development, Bir Bahadur Thapa as the Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives, and Hira Sarki as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Law. The party is preparing to recall all three of them, along with State Minister for Physical Infrastructure, Nirmala Saud. Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress has also decided to replace all its ministers. Currently, Bahadur Singh Thapa is the Minister for Economic Affairs, Meghraj Khadka is the Minister for Social Development, and Prakash Bom and Sarawati Khadka are state ministers from the Congress. All of them are being recalled to make way for a new team, although the Congress has not yet released the final list of its new ministers. Some time ago, nine MPs from the Congress itself had registered a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Shah. This rebellion, sparked by dissatisfaction over not getting ministerial positions, is now being addressed by the Chief Minister offering opportunities to new individuals. The new ministers will include MPs from both the Chief Minister's faction and the rebel group that filed the no-confidence motion. Diwansingh Bisht, who led the rebel group, stated, 'A new team is being sent to make the government's performance more effective.' Bisht, who was initially a contender for the Chief Minister's post, has succeeded in getting his faction's leaders included in the government, even though he himself is not becoming a minister. The Chief Minister's secretariat has made preparations to release the list of new ministers today and hold the oath-taking ceremony by the evening.