PM Deuba under pressure to give the crucial post to coalition partnersA day after the swearing-in of Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister of Nepal, suspense continued on the evident delay in announcing the name of the Foreign Minister. The PM was sworn in with four Cabinet colleagues but the portfolio of foreign affairs has not been assigned to anyone prompting speculation. Mr. Yadav served as the Foreign Minister during the tenure of Jhalanath Khanal in 2011. Other names include Prakash Sharan Mahat, former Foreign Minister during 2016 who had interacted with the late Sushma Swaraj. Non-political imageAnother name doing the rounds if of billionaire industrialist Binod Chaudhry who also belongs to the Nepali Congress.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2021 17:26 UTC