Prime Minster Baburam Bhattarai inducted three more ministers into his cabinet Sunday, making it the biggest cabinet in the history. The number of ministers in the cabinet has reached 49.
The country saw four governments after the CA election. The first government was formed under the leadership of the Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal which had only 24-member cabinet. UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal led the next government after Dahal resigned, which had 45 ministers. The next government was formed under the leadership of UML Chairman Jhalanath Khanal, which had 39 ministers. Sher Bahadur Deuba had the biggest cabinet having 48 ministers in 1996 when there was a hung parliament.
Bhattarai administered the oath of office and secrecy to Om Prakash Yadav, Khobhari Raya, Sarita Kumari Sah as state minister for agriculture, industries and women and children respectively.
Members of the biggest cabinet in the history
Prime Minister: Baburam Bhattarai
Deputy Prime Minister: Bijay Kumar Gachchhedar, also Minister for Home and Defence
Deputy Prime Minister: Narayan Kaji Shrestha, also Minister for Foreign Affairs
Ministers
JP Gupta: Information and Communication
Hridayes Tripathi: Physical Planning and Works
Post Bahadur Bogati: Energy
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi: Local Development and Land Reforms
Rajendra Mahato: Heath and Population
Barsaman Pun: Finance
Mahendra Prasad Yadav: Irrigation
Gopal Kiranti: Federal Affairs, CA, Parliament Affairs and Culture
Lekharaj Bhatta: Commerce and Supplies
Anil Kumar Jha: Industries
Brijesh Kumar Gupta: Law and Justice
Hemaraj Tated: Environment
Nandan Kumar Datta: Agriculture and Cooperatives
Kamala Roka: Youth and Sports
Rajlal Yadav: Without portfolio
Muhammad Wakil Musalman: Forest and Soil Conservation
Dan Bahadur Kurmi: Women Children and Social Welfare
Dinanath Sharma: Education
Lokendra Bista Magar: Tourism and Civil Aviation
Satya Pahadi: Peace and Reconstruction
Kalpana Dhamala: Science and Technology
Bhim Prasad Gautam: Land Reforms
Ram Kumar Yadav: General Administration
Sarita Giri: Labour and Transport Management
State ministers
Ram Bachchan Yadav: Defence
Saroj Kumar Yadav: Health
Dilip Maharjan: Tourism
Bishnu Chaudhari: Commerce and Supplies
Surya Man Dong: Energy
Leela Bhandari: Education
Gopi Achhami: Youth and Sports
Ghanashyam Yadav: Local Development
Jwala Sah: Land Reforms
Shushma Sharma: Federal Affairs
Hari Khewa Limbu: Finance
Sunita Kumari Mahato: General Administration
Bhimraj Chaudhari Rajbansi: Home
Laxman Mehta: Forest
Durga Devi Mahato Dhanuk: Environment
Kansi Devi Jha: Law and Justice
Ishwar Dayal Mishra: Physical Planning and Works
Arabinda Sah: Women and Children
Ramani Ram: Irrigation
Om Prakash Yadav: Agriculture
Khobhari Raya: Industries
Sarita Kumari Sah: Women and Children
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