SURKHET, April 24 -- CM Kandel to take vote of confidence on Thursday

Yam Lal Kandel, who was appointed the Chief Minister of Karnali Province two weeks ago, is going to expand the Cabinet today for the first time. He is going to appoint one minister each from the CPN (Maoist Center) and his party i.e. CPN-UML.

Kandel, who faced a two-week delay in forming the cabinet due to disagreements over the allocation of ministries, will appoint Ransingh Pariyar from the Maoist Center as a minister. However, the UML's nominee for the cabinet has not yet been finalized.

A meeting of the Maoist Parliamentary Party on Wednesday decided to nominate Pariyar for the cabinet position. "It has been decided to appoint him (Ransingh Pariyar) as a minister...