Nepali Congress has finalised the names of ministers to join the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government.
NC leaders said the 10 ministers has been picked from different factions of the party and will be made official shortly.
Sources said four each have been picked from Deuba and Ram Chandra Poudel camp while one each has been given to Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Khum Bahadur Khadka's faction.
PM Deuba is likely to add 18 ministers including 10 from his party, six from CPN (Maoist Center) and two from Bijay Kumar Gachhadar-led Nepal Loktantrik Forum (NLF).
Spokesperson at President's Office Mohan Prasad Wagle also said there were informal talks of sworn in ceremony for 5 pm today.
Ministerial candidates from CPN (Maoist Center) and MJF-L has not been made public. Sources said MC is likely to send Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, Aasha Khanal, Tek Bahadur Basnet and Sita Nepali. Jitendra Dev and Gopal Dahit are in contention from NLF.
Deuba camp: Min Bishwakarma, Bir Bahadur Balayar, Arjun Joshi, Ambika Basnet
Poudel camp: Bal Bahadur KC, Ram Krishna Yadav, Rajan (Rajendra Bahadu) KC and Sarita Prasai or Kamala Panta
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