CPN (M) names four ministers so far

CPN (Maoist) has confirmed the names of four ministers from the party- Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal', Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Dev Gurung - while five other ministers are yet to be named.

A meeting of the central secretariat of the party nominated them for the ministerial jobs. Dr Bhattarai and Thapa will be finance and defense ministers respectively while the portfolios to he held by Mahara and Dev Gurung are yet to be determined.

Mahara and Gurung were ministers in the the previous government as well.

The Maoist party will have nine portfolios in the new government. nepalnews.com mk Aug 21 08

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