Kathmandu, Jan. 6 -- Prime Minister Sushila Karki has again told some Cabinet ministers who are aligned with political parties to leave the government.

During a Cabinet meeting on Monday, she told some ministers including Energy Minister Kulman Ghishing to quit the government after he joined the Rastriya Swatanta Party. This followed the merger of his Ujyalo Nepal Party with the RSP.

The Karki government, which was formed on September 12 following the Gen Z movement and which claims to have ushered in the spirit of "civilian government", is widely seen as neutral, impartial and free from political baggage.

But some ministers including Ghising, Minister for Youths and Sports Bablu Gupta, and Minister for Information and Communication Te...