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Newly appointed ministers of the Janata Samajbadi Party took the oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appointed Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav as the Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, Mohammad Istiyak Rai as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Pradip Yadav the Minister for Forest and Environment.

President Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed ministers in the presence of Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Deuba and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Timilsena, amidst a special ceremony at Sheetal Niwas this evening.

The party had recalled its three of four ministers from the government this morning.

Earlier, the CPN (Unified Socialist) had reshuffled four of its ministers in the government.

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has called for forming a parliamentary committee to investigate the incident of non-availability of the CCTV footage at the Finance Ministry in course of the budget formulation.

Seeking special time in the meeting of the House of Representatives today, the leader of the main opposition in parliament challenged the government to have this episode investigated and demanded that the Prime Minister should furnish a reply in this connection.

The UML Chair and former Prime Minister claimed that the government’s works in connection to topics such as the nation’s economy and foreign affairs were inappropriate.

He also demanded that the government should make matters clear regarding what has been happening concerning the US State Partnership Program (SPP).

The main opposition CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has demanded the formation of a parliamentary committee to probe into involvement of unauthorized persons in the budget-making process.

Speaking at a special session of the House of Representatives on Monday, he said that all the things like increasing or reducing the tax rates came with bad intentions.

“Let’s form a parliamentary committee to investigate this issue. It cannot be imagined to formulate the budget with the help of outsiders,” he said.

Saying that it is not a common thing to involve unauthorized persons in the budget-making process, the former Prime Minister said that a parliamentary committee should be formed to investigate the incident and should make the report public.

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava called on Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand on Monday.

This is the first time that Srivastava held a meeting with Home Minister Khand after being appointed as the ambassador.

During the meeting held at the Home Ministry, the duo discussed issues of mutual interest and strengthening bilateral ties.

On the occasion, Home Minister Khand urged the Indian government through Srivastava to provide chemical fertilizers at the earliest.

He also thanked India for its continued support to maintain peace, development and prosperity in Nepal.

Home Minister Khan wished Srivastava a successful tenure.