Oli expands cabinet; inducts three state ministers

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has inducted three ministers of state into his cabinet.

According to a statement issued by the Office of the President, President Ram Chandra Paudel has appointed Arun Kumar Chaudhary as Minister of State for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation; Rupa BK as Minister of State for Forest and Environment; and Purna Bahadur Tamang as Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation as per Article 76 (9) of the Constitution of Nepal, 2015.

Chaudhary is a Nagarik Unmukti Party lawmaker, while BK and Tamang are from the Nepali Congress.

With this, the number of members in Oli’s cabinet has reached 25.