The Nepali Congress has submitted its list of 10 state ministers to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. They will be sworn in on Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bimalendra Nidhi on Tuesday handed the names to the PM according to the recommendations made by NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Once the 10 state ministers are inducted, the Dahal-led Cabinet will be 41-member strong. The cabinet already has 15 ministers from the NC, two from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, one from the CPN (Samyukta), and eight ministers and four state ministers from the Maoist Centre. Sources said five of them were recommended by the establishment side, three by the Ram Chandra Poudel-led group, and one each by the factions led by Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Khum Bahadur Khadka.

Name    Portfolio
Dirgha Singh Bhatt    Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Sitaram Mehata    Forest
Taraman Gurung    Health
Surendra Acharya    Irrigation
Subarna Jwarchan    Urban Development
Indra Baniya    Tourism
Dilip Gachhadar    Labour
Deepak Khadka    Drinking Water
Kanchan Bade    Industry
Mithu Malla    Commerce