Ruling parties agree on number of ministries

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Mar. 29: An agreement in principle has been forged among the ruling parties about the expansion of the Council of Ministers.

Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, a leader of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), said that the meeting of the ruling parties held today at Baluwatar made the agreement to expand the Cabinet.

"Suggestions on the minimum common programme were collected today, and we also agreed in principle with regard to the expansion of the Cabinet," he said.

He said they agreed to allocate eight ministries to Nepali Congress, five to CPN (Maoist Center), two each to JSP  and CPN (US) and one each to others included in the ruling parties.

Top leaders will make final decision on this, Shrestha said.