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The ranking of ministers in the Balendra Shah-led Cabinet has been reshuffled 

President Ram Chandra Paudel revised the order of the Council of Ministers formed on March 27 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Shah, said Ritesh Kumar Shakya, spokesperson at the President's Office.

Home Minister Sudhan Gurung, who was previously ranked third, has now dropped to fifth place.

Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has climbed from sixth to fourth place.

Previous standings 

The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) is taking place in Singhadurbar at 1 pm today. 

In today's meeting, the National Forensic Science Laboratory (Establishment and Operation) Bill, 2081; Tourism Bill, 2081 and Film Bill, 2081 are expected to be tabled in the HoR meeting, the Federal Parliament Secretariat stated.

National Assembly members have drawn government attention on multiple issues in the ongoing National Assembly meeting.

During the special hour of the meeting, NA member Ram Kumari Jhakri said the narrative that it was nothing negative to burn state's important structures like the Supreme Court should be proved wrong. 

Jhakri stressed fair investigation on Gen Z movement and the state should be made responsible.

Similarly, Ranjit Karna shared that the Nepali Congress would support the government for positive change, good governance and prosperity. 

Though the Constitution has ensured rights, the people have not achieved expected outcome in lack of effective implementation of rights, he underscored.

Karna added, "The NC has experience, energy and idea of innovation and the new government has the willpower of energy and innovation. I am confident that the combination of these two can lead the country towards the right path." Clarifying that the NC would fully support for positive change, he argued the party would oppose the activities carried out against people's interest.

The House of Representatives (HoR) approved three ordinances presented in the meeting today.

The ordinances approved were 'Voters' List (first amendment) Ordinance, 2082'; HoR Election (first amendment) Ordinance, 2082'; and 'Nepal Special Service (second amendment) Ordinance, 2082'.

Home Minister Sudhan Gurung had tabled the proposal in the meeting, seeking endorsement of the ordinances. 

Speaker Dol Prasad Aryal informed that the ordinances were endorsed unanimously because no information against endorsement was received. 

The meeting also passed a condolence motion on the demise of former lawmaker from Nepali Communist Party, Ram Chandra Bhattarai.

The HoR will meet next on at 1 pm next day.