KATHMANDU, 11 September 2021, (TON): A meeting of the ruling parties' alliance today held discussions on finalising the cabinet expansion issue soon. The top leaders of the five-party alliance attended the meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar.

In the meeting, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba urged the leaders of the alliance to give him the list of names of persons to be appointed ministers.

Vice-chairperson of the Rastriya Janamorcha, Durga Poudel who attended the meeting said that the PM asked the leaders of the parties in the alliance to submit the name list at the soonest as the Cabinet expansion has been delayed.

She said "the meeting spent much time discussing the topic of giving full shape to the Council of Ministers. Likewise, talks were held on further refining the alliance and tabling bills in Parliament. The meeting adjourned agreeing to sit again at 6 pm today."

Prime Minister Deuba had urged the parties in the alliance to promptly finalize the names of the nominees to be appointed ministers after consultations in the respective parties in order to give full shape to the Council of Ministers.

PM Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairperson of CPN (Unified Socialist) Madhav Kumar Nepal, Chairperson of Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal Upendra Yadav, NC General-Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka and Spokesperson of the Rastriya Janamorcha Poudel attended the meeting.