High Hopes From Govt

Along with the oath taking, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has given shape to the eight-member preliminary cabinet comprising three deputy prime ministers and four ministers. Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel has been entrusted with the responsibility of Finance Ministry while Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha holds the portfolio of Physical Infrastructure and Transport. Likewise Deputy Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane has been allotted the Home Ministry portfolio. Portfolios of the rest of the four ministers were not fixed at the oath taking ceremony with the announcement that their portfolios would be determined later. Wider consultations held in the meeting of the ruling coalition members will reach will come up with decision on additional ministers and their portfolios. The new prime minister has to listen to the aspirations of the coalition partners and take accommodative move to give full, if not final, shape to the cabinet.