Prime Minister Oli assumes office

Kathmandu, July 15: Newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli assumed office on Monday.

After taking the oath of office and secrecy before President Ramchandra Paudel at the Office of the President on Monday, PM Oli visited Lainchaur to pay homage to the martyrs and headed to the CPN (UML)'s party headquarters in Chyasal of Lalitpur. The CPN (UML) Chair Oli became the 45th Prime Minister with the support of the Nepali Congress, the largest party in the parliament.     

In Chyasal, he laid a wreath at the portraits of the founding leader of the Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Lal Shrestha, the party's former Chair Man Mohan Adhikari and party's the then General Secretary Madan Bhandari.     

Then he reached Singha Durbar to assume office at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. Officiating Chief Secretary Leeladevi Gadtaula, secretaries and the government senior officials were on hand there to welcome the new Prime Minister. According to his Secretariat, the decisions made on the very first day of taking charge of his office by the new Prime Minister would be unveiled soon.     

President Paudel had on July 14 appointed CPN (UML) Chair Oli to the post of Prime Minister in accordance with Article 76 (2) of the Constitution of Nepal. (RSS)