KATHMANDU, June 22: With the Supreme Court (SC) passing an interim order, invalidating the cabinet expansion made by caretaker Prime MInister KP Sharma Oli, 20 Cabinet members have lost their ministerial portfolios. The Oli-led Cabinet now has only five members.
A division bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JBR and Justice Prakash Kumar Dhungana passed the verdict to invalidate the cabinet expansion by PM Oli. Only four Cabinet colleagues of PM Oli --- Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel, Education Minister Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Physical Infrastructure Minister Basant Nembang and Law Minister Lilanath Shrestha will remain with him.
The following ministers lost their ministerial posts:
1. Raghubir Mahaseth (Foreign)
2. Rajendra Mahato (Urban Development)
3. Khagraj Adhikari (Home)
4. Saratsingh Bhandari (Energy)
Dahal cabinet now jumbo size with 43 members
5. Anil Kumar Jha (Drinking Water)
6. Sher Bahadur Tamang (Health)
7. Raj Kishor Yadav (Industry)
8. Laxaman Lal Karna (Land Management)
9. Nainkala Thapa (Communication)
10. Jwala Kumari Sah (Agriculture)
11. Bimal Shreevastav (Labor)
12. Uma Shankar Argariya (Tourism)
13. Chanda Chaudhary (Women)
14. Ekbal Miya (Youth)
15. Narad Muni Rana (Forest)
16. Ganesh Kumar Pahadi (General Administration)
17. Mohan Mainali (without portfolio)
Ministers of state
1. Chandrakanta Chaudhary (Energy)
2. Renuka Gurung (Women)
3. Asha Kumari BK (Forest)
