Newly appointed ministers to take oath of office today

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.