The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Prajatantrik) has recommended the names of Biraj Bista and Kamala Sharma as the ministers of state representing the party in the Nepali Congress-led coalition government.

Bista has been recommended for the appointment as the minister of state for Science and Technology and Sharma as the minister of state for Forest and Soil Conservation, according to party leader Rajaram Shrestha.

Bista already served as the assistant minister in the Ministry of Federal Affairs. Party chair Pashupati Shamser Rana has already presented their names before Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and the two are likely to be sworn in today itself. RSS