Cabinet Expansion
HIS Majesty the King expanded the Council of
Ministers on the recommendation of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala in order to make
the cabinet more effective to tackle the country’s problems and give the country a
good and efficient administration. The Council of Ministers headed by Prime Minister
Koirala had been constituted about eleven months ago, and the need for expansion had been
felt for quite sometime. As the ruling Nepali Congress was engaged in its tenth general
convention, the reshuffle and expansion of the cabinet had to be done after the general
convention. The tenth general convention has reaffirmed its faith in Koirala’s
leadership. The Prime Minister thought it necessary to expand the cabinet in order to
accommodate all sections of the party and to maintain broader unity in the Nepali
Congress. As the country is facing several burning problems an effective and full-fledged
cabinet was necessary to tackle these problems. In the new cabinet some new faces have
been inducted and others who successfully proved their worth have been promoted. This is
an indication that Prime Minister Koirala is both firm and serious to tackle the
country’s problems and give the country a good and effective government, which is
also the mandate of the tenth general convention of the Nepali Congress. Now that the
newly appointed Ministers have vowed to achieve maximum result, it is expected that the
expansion of the cabinet would really prove its worth in solving the country’s
problems. Right after assuming the office, Minister for Information and Communications
Shiva Raj Joshi and Minister of State Pushkar Ojha said that cooperation and support were
extremely necessary from all quarters in building public opinion for the consolidation of
democracy in the country and in working for meeting the target set by the government. As a
time when there are some elements who are active to defame and destabilise democracy in
the country and are engaged in sabotage and violence, the ruling party needs to maintain
an unprecedented unity and firmly engage in foiling the attempts of the ultra-rightist and
ultra-leftist elements and expediting development activities in the country. On top of
that it is equally necessary to take all opposition parties, which believe in multi-party
democracy and the present constitution together in order to safeguard the democratic
system and uplift the social and economic condition of the people. This is, perhaps, the
most important responsibility of the government. The expansion of the cabinet also carries
the same message. Thus, it is the duty of all political parties, social organisations and
general people, to rise above petty individual and party interests and extend active
cooperation to the present Council of Ministers to accomplish the difficult task of nation
building.
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