Nepali Congress chief Deuba to form small Cabinet: Report

A small Cabinet, with around seven members, is likely to be formed when Sher Bahadur Deuba, 74, takes the oath of office on Tuesday.

Nepal’s Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is likely to form a small Cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint the Nepali Congress chief as the country’s new Prime Minister. At least two senior Nepali Congress (NC) leaders told The Kathmandu Post newspaper that a small Cabinet, with around seven members, is likely to be formed when Deuba, 74, takes the oath of office on Tuesday. “We have decided to form a small Cabinet initially,” Bal Krishna Khand, chief whip of the NC said.