The names of Kulman Ghising, Om Prakash Aryal, Rameshore Khanal, and Bala Nanda Sharma have been sent to Nepal’s President as Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki finalises her Cabinet.
Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki has finalised several names for her Cabinet, with recommendations already sent to the President’s Office, sources at Sheetal Niwas (Rashtrapati Bhawan) said. Among them is Kulman Ghising, the former Nepal Electricity Authority chief credited with power sector reforms, who is expected to take charge of the Energy Ministry.
Alongside Ghising, senior lawyer Om Prakash Aryal has been recommended for Home, former Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal for Finance, and retired Lieutenant General Bala Nanda Sharma for Defence.
Sources close to Karki said discussions on the remaining ministerial portfolios will be held later. Sheetal Niwas indicated that the swearing-in ceremony could take place as early as Monday.
Other expected appointments include former national cricket captain Paras Khadka for the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and Aseem Man Singh Basnet, founder of ride-sharing platform Pathao Nepal, for the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport.
Kulman Ghising is best known for ending years of daily power cuts during his tenure at the Electricity Authority. He’s a popular figure, who was one of the contenders proposed by sections of protesting Gen Z groups as the interim head of government.
Sushila Karki, who assumed office on Sunday just days after the fall of KP Sharma Oli’s government, has pledged to serve only six months before handing over authority to a newly elected Parliament. “My team and I are not here to taste power. We won’t stay for more than 6 months. We won’t succeed without your support,” she said in her first address to the nation.
