KATHMANDU, March 10 -- The number of ministers in the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached 22.

Today, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chairman Upendra Yadav took oath of office and secrecy as Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Health Minister and JSP lawmaker Nawal Kishor Shah as the Minister for Forest. With this, the number of ministers in the new Cabinet has increased to 22.

Along with that, the current government led by Dahal has four DPMs.

Raghubir Mahaseth from UML, Narayan Kaji Shrestha from Maoist Center, Rabi Lamichhane from Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Upendra Yadav from JSP became DPMs.

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