Kathmandu: Koshi’s newly appointed Ministers have taken an oath of office and secrecy.
Provincial Chief Parshuram Khapung administered the oath on Friday. Chief Minister Hikmat Karki appointed 5 Ministers and 2 State Ministers.
Ram Rana was appointed as Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Panch Karna Rai as Minster of Social Development, Ekraj as Minister of Energy, Irrigation, and Water Supply, and Lilavallav Adhikari as Minister of Home Affairs and Planning.
Likewise, Ganesh Upreti as the Minister of Physical Infrastructure Development, Rajendra Karki as the Minister of Health, and Narayan Bahadur Magar as the Minister of Tourism, Forest, and Environment.
Similarly, Bandana Jhagar as State Minister of Forest and Environment and CPN (UML) Srijana Rai State Minister yet without any Ministry department. With this, Council Ministers has 10 members.