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President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly-appointed Deputy Prime Ministers Prakash Man Singh and Bishnu Prasad Paudel today.

They took the oath amidst a special ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas this morning.

Singh took the oath as the DPM and Minister for Urban Development while Paudel as the DPM and Minister for Finance.

Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Chief Justice Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly chair Narayan Prasad Dahal, outgoing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', former Prime Ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, Jhalnath Khanal and Dr Baburam Bhattarai, leaders of various political parties, lawmakers, high-ranking officials of the Government of Nepal, chiefs of security agencies, heads and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Nepal and distinguished persons contributing in various fields of social life were present in the ceremony.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli expanded his Cabinet on Monday.

PM Oli appointed Prakash Man Singh as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development and Bishnu Paudel as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Similarly, Ramesh Lekhak has been appointed as the Minister for Home Affairs, Arzu Deuba as the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ajay Chaurasiy as the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and Badi Prasad Pandey as the Minister for Tourism and Culture.

Likewise, Bidhya Bhattarai has been appointed as the Minister for Education, Man Bir Rai as the Minister for Defense, Ram Nath Adhikari as the Minister for Agriculture, Damodar Bhandari as the Minister for industry, Sharad Singh Bhandari as the Minister for Labor, Prithvi Subba Gurung as the Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Pradeep Yadav as Minister for Drinking Water and Nawal Kishor Sah as the Minister for Women.

Furthermore, Devendra Dahal has been appointed as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure, Deepak Khadka as the Minister for Energy, Balram Adhikari as the Minister for Land Reforms, Ain Bahadur Shahi as the Minister for Forest, and Teju Lal Chaudhary as the Minister for Sports.

Newly appointed ministers have already taken the oath of office and secrecy.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to PM Oli amidst a special ceremony organized at Sheetal Niwas this afternoon.

President Paudel appointed CPN-UML Chairman Oli as the prime minister as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal.

With this Oli has become the prime minister of Nepal for the fourth time.

He became the prime minister for the first time on October 11, 2015.

Later, he was appointed as the prime minister for the second time on February 15, 2018 and third time on May 13, 2021.

Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav, speaker of the House of Representatives Devraj Ghimire, Chief Justice Bishwombar Prasad Shrestha, National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal, outgoing prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, former prime ministers Sher Bahadur Deuba, Jhalanath Khanal, Baburam Bhattarai, lawmakers, representatives of diplomatic missions and chiefs of security agencies among others were present on the occasion.

After taking the oath of office and secrecy, Oli expanded his Cabinet

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli on his appointment as the prime minister of Nepal.

Indian Prime Minister Modi congratulated Prime Minister Oli through social media.

The Indian Prime Minister said that he is ready to work closely to further strengthen the friendship between the two countries.

He stressed that both countries should work for the progress and prosperity of the people.

Indian PM Modi expressed his confidence that the relationship between the two countries will be further strengthened.

UML Chairman Oli was appointed as the prime minister on Friday.