HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: Following the UCPN-Maoist decision to join the government, Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal is preparing to expand his Cabinet.
UML leader Rabindra Adhikari said the Cabinet would be expanded by Thursday.
According to Adhikari,
the prime minister is likely to keep home ministry with himself ‘for some time’.
Maoist leader Dev Gurung also said the Cabinet was likely to be expanded by Thursday. However, Gurung refused to give the names of those who will be recommended for the ministerial positions from his party. UML leader Prakash Jwala said though talk teams from his party and the Maoists held different rounds of meetings today, they could not reach an agreement on the number of ministries.
According to a close aide to Khanal, discussions between UML and the Maoists have reached near understanding in allocating 11 ministries to the Maoists, eight to CPN-UML and seven to Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum, Tarai Madhes Democratic Party-Nepal, Nepal Communist Party Marxist-Leninist and other parties willing to join the government.
According to a Maoist source, names of Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Dev Gurung, Agni Sapkota, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi and Dinanath Sharma have been recommended.
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