Kathmandu, 31 August: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is not in a mood to change chief ministers, however, he is doing homework to reshuffle his cabinet.
At a television interview on Saturday evening, PM Oli made clear that he has not planned to change the chief ministers as it will give the message of political instability.
PM Oli said that the chief ministers will be changed only after the next elections.
Earlier, it was believed that to end the internal dispute in the party, PM Oli had agreed to change some chief ministers and reshuffle his cabinet.
When the power tussle between PM and party chairman Oli and another party chairman Pushpakamal Dahal and senior leader Madhav Nepal was intensified in the party, Oli had proposed for a reshuffle in the cabinet and also changing some chief ministers. However, Madhav Nepal had rejected Oli’s proposals.
PM Oli, however, said that he is thinking on the reshuffle of the cabinet.
Meanwhile, Oli also indicated that he is willing to continue Yubraj Khatiwada as the finance minister.
“Let’s wait for some days, 20 Bhadau (5 September) is yet to arrive. So far, I am satisfied with Khatiwada’s works,” Oli said.
To give continuity to Khatiwada, the government has to nominate him as the member of the Upper House. Khatiwada’s tenure as the Upper House member was expired three months ago and he was continuing as the minister as per the constitutional provision of becoming minister for maximum six months without having a member of the Lower House and Upper House.
Earlier, the party secretariat meeting had given the directive to the government to nominate Bamdev Gautam as the member of the Upper House on the remaining one seat to be filled by the government, Thaha Khabar online portal reports.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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