BIRATNAGAR: Chief Minister (CM) Uddhav Thapa of Koshi Province is set to expand the cabinet today.
Chief Minister Thapa will be appointing one minister each from the Maoist Center and the Nepali Congress.
Thapa, who assumed office on Thursday, took the oath of office on Friday.
On that same day, CM Thapa appointed two ministers – one from the Nepali Congress and another from the Unified Socialist Party.
According to sources, CM Thapa will appoint Jeevan Acharya from the Maoist Center as the Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning.
Previously, Acharya held the position of Tourism Minister in the government led by Hikmat Kumar Karki of CPN-UML.
Acharya is also the son-in-law of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.
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