Valley districts get CDOs

The government on Thursday appointed Chief District Officers (CDOs) in the three districts of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

According to Home Ministry, Isthaneshwore Devkota has been appointed CDO of Kathmandu. Similarly, Anand Raj Pokhrel and Baburam Lamichhane have been appointed CDOs of Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts respectively.

The government asked Kathmandu CDO Sushil Ghimire and Bhaktapur CDO Basanta Raj Bhattarai to report at the Home Ministry and be part of the reserve pool. CDO of Lalitpur had already been transferred by the royal government.

Both of them have been accused of collaborating with the royal government and using excessive force to suppress the pro-democracy movement of the county.

The local administrations imposed daytime curfew and adopted other repressive measures to thwart the pro-democracy movement of the country.

Meanwhile, Yadav Khanal has been appointed as the spokesman of the Home Ministry. Khanal will replace Gopendra Bahadur Pandey. nepalnews.com pb May 12 06