Kathmandu. While the news of the Nepal Government’s Council of Ministers meeting on Monday evening dismissing Kulman Ghising from the post of Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority and appointing Hitendra Dev Shakya is going viral in the media, government spokesperson Prithvi Subba Gurung has claimed that no decision was taken regarding Ghising in the meeting.
When asked by a journalist about the news that a journalist had removed Kulman Ghising from the Baluwatar premises after the Council of Ministers meeting, Minister Gurung said, “Who said Kulman Ghising?” (Journalist: No, no, the source said it). Our government does not know.
Talking to journalists after the meeting, he said that the Council of Ministers meeting has extended the deadline for the committee to recommend the names of the officials of the Truth and Disappearance Commission. The meeting informed that the decision was made on a total of three agenda items, including:
Minister of Communications Gurung said that since the term of the recommendation committee has expired, former Chief Justice Om Prakash Mishra, Chairman or Member of the National Human Rights Commission, former Attorney General Khamba Bahadur Khati, Sankhuwasabha Dr. It has been decided to form a recommendation committee with Arjun Kumar Karki and Istalata Tamang Gorkha as members.
In addition, the Council of Ministers meeting has decided to form a three-member committee under the coordination of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel to recommend for the appointment of the Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank.
The Council of Ministers meeting has approved the proposal to participate in the sixth BIMSTEC meeting to be held in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, from Chaitra 19 to 23.
