Kathmandu: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has retained the ministry held by CPN-UML ministers after they resigned.
Earlier, Prime Minister Prachanda, who has retained the responsibility of three ministers and one state minister left by the Rashtriya Swatantra Party and three ministers and one state minister left by RPP, has also retained the ministry left by eight ministers of UML.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday assigned eight more ministries to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.
After leaving the UML, Prime Minister Prachanda is in charge of the Ministry of Finance, Agriculture, Industry, Land Management, Health, Defense, Foreign Affairs and Women and Children.
Earlier, the Ministry of Home, Education, Science and Technology, Labour, Employment and Social Security, which was left by the National Independent Party, and the Ministry of Energy, Urban Development and Law, which was left by the RPP, are also in charge of Prachanda.