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Prachanda, Nepal hold meeting, discuss Cabinet expansion

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and senior leader of CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal held a meeting on Sunday morning.  Meeting between the leaders duo takes place at a time when the new government formed under the premiership of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is yet to get its full shape. The Deuba-led government has only six Cabinet members including the prime minister,  four ministers and a minister of State.  Prachanda reached at the Koteshwor-based private residence of leader Nepal , according to a source close to Prachanda. During the meeting, leader Nepal was asked to join the Deuba-led Cabinet.  Prime Minister Deuba has also been urging the UML’s Nepal faction to join the government as the lawmakers close to it extended their support when Deuba won a trust motion on July 18.  Leader Nepal, who is leading the dissident faction in the main opposition UML, said that they can join the government immediately as they have been making attempts to ensure party unity.

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Ruling alliance to hold decisive meeting on Cabinet expansion today

MARCH 28: The ruling alliance is set to convene a meeting today at 4 PM to discuss the expansion of the Cabinet. The Prime Minister's secretariat has confirmed that the meeting will solely focus on the matter. Yesterday, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress Pre

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Meeting of ruling alliance begins ahead of Cabinet expansion

Cabinet expansion likely this evening KATHMANDU, October 7: The ruling alliance is currently holding a meeting to make a final decision regarding the expansion of the Cabinet at Baluwatar in Kathmandu. The meeting began at the PM Office Resident at Baluwatar, according to Prime Minister’s press advisor Gobinda Pariyar.  The ruling alliance has already reached an agreement on the distribution of ministerial berths and the Cabinet is expected to get its full shape any time soon. The ruling alliance comprises the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party. The ruling Nepali Congress will get seven ministries, CPN (Maoist Center) will get six and CPN (UML) and JSP will get four ministries each. The meeting has been attended by PM and President of NC Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal and Chairman of Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) Upendra Yadav.

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Ruling alliance sits at Baluwatar to discuss Cabinet expansion, ordinance annulment

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Cabinet expansion only after court’s decision on writ petition by UML Chairman Oli

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Ruling alliance's meeting: Cabinet expansion soon

KATHMANDU, September 10: A meeting of the ruling parties' alliance has held discussions on finalizing the cabinet expansion issue soon. The meeting attended by the top leaders of the five-party alliance convened at the Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar.  In the meeting, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba urged the leaders of the alliance to give him the list of names of persons to be appointed ministers. Vice-chairperson of the Rastriya Janamorcha, Durga Poudel who attended the meeting said that the PM asked the leaders of the parties in the alliance to submit the name list at the soonest as the Cabinet expansion has delayed.  "The meeting spent much time discussing the topic of giving full shape to the Council of Ministers. Likewise, talks were held on further refining the alliance and tabling bills in Parliament. The meeting adjourned agreeing to sit again at 6 pm today," she said.  Prime Minister Deuba had urged the parties in the alliance to promptly finalize the names of the nominees to be appointed ministers after consultations in the respective parties in order to give full shape to the Council of Ministers.  PM Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairperson of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairperson of Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal  Upendra Yadav, NC General-Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka and Spokesperson of the Rastriya Janamorcha Poudel attended the meeting.  Deuba had taken the oath of office of the Prime Minister on July 13. He has not been able to expand the Council of Ministers for about two months since then. There are four ministers and one minister of state in his Cabinet at present. PM Deuba is under pressure from within his own party, Nepali Congress, to give full shape to the Cabinet at the earliest.

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Meeting of ruling alliance currently underway at Baluwatar, discusses Cabinet expansion

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Ruling alliance holds meeting at Baluwatar, discusses Cabinet expansion

KATHMANDU, August 30: The ruling alliance of five political parties are currently holding a meeting at the Prime Minister Office Residence at Baluwatar. The meeting is likely to discuss the expansion of the Council of Ministers, budget introduced through ordinance, appointments in constitutional councils, Jay Singh Dami incident, release of Resham Chaudhary among many others. The ruling alliance includes the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center), CPN ( Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha Party. The meeting has been attended by Prime Minister and President of NC, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of Maoist Center, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of CPN ( Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairman of JSP, Upendra Yadav and Chairman of federal council of JSP, Dr Baburam Bhattarai among other leaders.

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Ruling alliance's key leaders discuss Cabinet expansion

KATHMANDU, August 29: The key leaders of the coalition government held a discussion at Baluwatar earlier on Sunday.   The meeting dwelt on various issues including one relating to giving a full shape to the Council of Ministers. The meeting held at the Prime Minister Office Residence at Baluwatar was attended by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, chairman of CPN (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, and chairman of CPN ( Unified Socialist), Madhav Kumar Nepal. The meeting focused on cabinet expansion and power-sharing, according to a leader who also attended the meeting. PM Deuba currently has a five-member cabinet. “The ruling alliance is likely to finalize the ministers by Sunday,” a participant of the meeting told Ratopati.

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Cabinet expansion immediately unlikely

KATHMANDU, Aug 16: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba was appointed the prime minister succeeding CPN-UML’s KP Sharma Oli on July 13.  A month has already passed since Deuba took helm of the government following the Supreme Court’s mandamus on July 12. Five days after he assumed his office and won the House’s confidence with 165 votes in the 275-strong lower House of parliament.  The Deuba-led Cabinet has six members including four ministers --- two from the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN (Maoist Center) each --- and a minister of state from the NC.  Deuba, backed by the Maoist Center, Janata Samajbadi Party, CPN-UML’s Madhav Nepal faction and Rastriya Janamorcha during the voting on trust motion, seems to have given least priority to Cabinet expansion. The ruling parties have failed to continue their talks regarding this issue since August 8. Ruling parties are now busy holding their internal meetings. PM Deuba was busy attending NC’s Central Committee meeting from Thursday to Saturday last week.  The leaders of the Maoist Center were also engaged in the party’s CC meeting on Saturday and Sunday.  JSP, another important member of the alliance, is also holding its CC meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, meaning Cabinet expansion is still a least priority for the alliance.  JSP Chairperson Upendra Yadav also said that expansion of the Cabinet is not possible immediately unless they hold their party’s CC meeting.  Ramesh Lekhak, a Congress leader, said that Cabinet will get its complete shape in four days. According to him, Cabinet expansion is lagging as it is the coalition government.

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NC’s Sitaula urges PM Deuba not to rush for Cabinet expansion

KATHMANDU, July 15: A key leader of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), Krishna Prasad Sitaula  has suggested Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba not to pick the ministers  in a hurry or take charge of all the ministries by himself.  Sitaula, on Thursday, made some suggestions to PM Deuba regarding the expansion of the Council of Ministers and its operation.  Sitaula was of the opinion that Deuba should maintain a balance both in the party and in the opposition alliance in a bid to safeguard the alliance.  "We need to think about how to maintain a balance between the alliance and our party when we assign the ministries to address the  sentiments of all our friends [alliance partners]," Sitaula said. "The prime minister needs the skill to understand all these things and make timely decisions without a rush." According to Sitaula, it is a big achievement for the Congress party to get the prime ministerial position. Sitaula also asked other leaders of the Nepali Congress not to exert any pressure on Deuba for ministerial positions.  Sitaula's statement comes at a time when Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is holding a series of discussions with the leaders of the alliance, that comprises NC, CPN (Maoist Center), CPN-UML's Nepal faction, JSP's Yadav faction and Rastriya Janamorcha, over the expansion of his Cabinet.  Click here to read the news in detail.

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