KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said that the cabinet expansion would take place today itself.

Emerging out of the “lunch meeting” with CPN-UML Chairman KP Oli at Balkot on Monday, PM Dahal said the cabinet would be expanded by today evening while he would hold talks with the Nepali Congress on Tuesday.

PM Dahal reached UML Chairman Oli’s residence in Balkot on Monday morning to discuss cabinet expansion, among other issues.

Prime Minister Dahal has lately intensified political meetings with the ruling partners on the expansion of the cabinet, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, among other issues.