Nine Maoist leaders and a MPRF leader sworn in despite Standing Committee of PM´s party, CPN-UML, instructing him not to administer the oath.[break]
PM Khanal was forced to the swearing as Maoist threatened to withdraw its support to the coalition government, if he continued showing reluctance to induct the minister nominees into the government.
PM told the UML Standing Committee that he would postpone the sworn-in but didn´t adhere to it. He is holding a press meet later in the evening.
On Sunday evening, PM Khanal, during a press meet, had expressed his readiness to include the new Maoist faces in his cabinet.
Earlier, Maoist leader Barshaman Pun had claimed that PM Khanal would administer oath of office and secrecy to nine of the 24 minister nominees after the Maoist withdrew resignations earlier tendered by the Krishna Bahadur Mahara-led team.
Caught between the allies and the opposition´s demands, PM Khanal had been unable to swear in the minister nominees, after they had been recommended for various ministerial berths last week.
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