Makawanpur, July 30 -- Bagmati Province Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama on Wednesday appointed three ministers to his Cabinet, a day after losing his position as the Nepali Congress' parliamentary party leader in the provincial assembly.

Lama inducted Govinda Lamsal, Maya Shrestha, and Geeta Gurung into the Cabinet. According to the Chief Minister's Office, Lamsal has been assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Law, while Shrestha and Gurung's portfolios have yet to be finalised.

The appointments come amid growing political turmoil within the ruling Nepali Congress in Bagmati. In recent days, five Congress ministers resigned from Lama's Cabinet, accusing him of mismanagement, unilateral decision-making, and failing to uphold...