KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to newly appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Dahal, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman, was sworn in as the 44th Prime minister of Nepal amid a special ceremony organised at Shital Niwas, Kathmandu.
A total of 169 lawmakers from various political parties supported CPN (MC) Chairman Dahal in a prime ministerial bid. With the signatures of the 169 lawmakers, Chairman Dahal reached the President's office and claimed the post of prime minister.
Chairman Dahal made the claim before President Bidya Devi Bhandari before the expiry of time given for making the claim on Sunday itself. Also the parliamentary party leader of the Maoist Centre, Dahal made claim as per Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal.
Those to extend support to Dahal's prime ministerial bid are UML (78), his party (32), Rastriya Swatantra Party (20), Rastriya Prajatantra Party (14), Janata Samajbadi Party (12), Janamat Party (6), Nagarik Unmukti Party (4) and three independent lawmakers.
Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, immediate past prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Hari Krishna Karki were present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Others present on the occasion were former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, CPN Unified Socialist Chairperson Madhav Kumar Nepal, former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and high-ranking officers of constitutional bodies, chief diplomats and mediapersons.
Newly appointed deputy prime ministers, ministers take oath
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Newly elected Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha, and DPM and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane take the oath of office and secrecy at a special function organised at Shital Niwas, Kathmandu, on Monday, December 26, 2022. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy. Photo: RSS[/caption]
President Bhandari also administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed three deputy prime ministers and ministers.
Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha, and DPM and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane were sworn in by the head of the state.
Similarly, Ministers — Jwala Kumari Sah, Damodar Bhandari, Rajendra Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan — also took the oath of office and secrecy.
Newly elected Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha, and DPM and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane take the oath of office and secrecy at a special function organised at Shital Niwas, Kathmandu, on Monday, December 26, 2022. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy. Photo: RSS[/caption]
President Bhandari also administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly appointed three deputy prime ministers and ministers.
Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Poudel, DPM and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Narayankaji Shrestha, and DPM and Minister for Home Affairs Rabi Lamichhane were sworn in by the head of the state.
Similarly, Ministers — Jwala Kumari Sah, Damodar Bhandari, Rajendra Kumar Rai and Abdul Khan — also took the oath of office and secrecy.
Published Date: December 26, 2022, 12:00 am
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