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President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed minister Birendra Prasad Mahato amidst a special ceremony at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday. The Head-of-the-State administered the oath of office and secrecy in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of Nepal. On the occasion, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Minister of State Pramila Kumari in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of Nepal. Mahato was appointed the Minister for Forest and Environment and Pramila was appointed the Minister of State for Education, Science and Technology on Tuesday. With this, a 25-member Council of Ministers has come to a complete shape.  

Newly appointed Minister Birendra Prasad Mahato and Minister of State Pramila Kumari are scheduled to take the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday. Mahato and Pramila are to be inducted in the Cabinet on behalf of the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP). According to the JSP sources, the newly appointed ministers are taking oath of office at a program to be held at the President's Office this morning. Mahato was appointed the Minister for Forest and Environment and Pramila was designated the Minister of State for Education, Science and Technology on Tuesday. President Ram Chandra Paudel, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, had appointed Mahato and Pramila as the minister and state minister on Tuesday. With this, a 25-member Council of Ministers has come to a complete shape.  

The Kathmandu District Court has extended the remand of the 16 people arrested in connection with the fake Bhutanese refugee scam by two more days. SP Sitaram Rijal of the District Police Range, Kathmandu said that the District Court has allowed those arrested in connection with the case to keep in custody for two more days. The District Attorney’s Office has to register the case in the court within the next two days. On Monday, police had submitted a report on the fake Bhutanese refugee scam to the District Attorney’s Office with a recommendation to take action against 33 individuals involved in the case. So far, 16 individuals have been arrested including former deputy prime minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and former home minister Bal Krishna Khand while 17 are on the run.  

The CPN (Maoist Center) has decided to pull out of the Madhes Province government. The party, however, has decided to continue its support extended to the government. Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav on Tuesday expanded his Cabinet by including the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Unified Socialist). Soon after the Cabinet expansion, the Maoist Center decided to quit the government. The Maoist Center Parliamentary Party leader Bharat Prasad Sah said that the Parliamentary Party meeting held today decided to quit the government. “We have decided to pull out of the government. However, we have decided to continue the support extended to the government for now. We decided to quit the government after we did not get two ministries as demanded by us in Monday's meeting,” he said. When Chief Minister Yadav expanded the Cabinet for the third time on February 7, 2023, Sunita Yadav was appointed as the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Forest and Rahabar Ansari as the state minister. Meanwhile, he appointed Krishna Prasad Yadav of the Nepali Congress as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development and Birendra Prasad Singh as the Minister for Health and Population today. Similarly, Govinda Bahadur Neupane was appointed as the Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives from the CPN (Unified Socialist). Province Chief Hari Shankar Mishra administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed ministers as per Article 168 (9) of the Constitution amidst a function this afternoon.