Hetauda, Oct 19: Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning of Bagmati Province Bahadur Singh Lama has been given the responsibility of the Acting Chief Minister of the Province in absence of Chief Minister Shalikram Jammakattel.
Province Chief Yadav Chandra Sharma assigned the responsibility of the Acting Chief Minister of the Province to Lama as Chief Minister Jammakattel is to travel abroad for his personal reasons.
Spokesperson of the Office of the Chief Minister, Govinda Prasad Poudel, said that Lama is given the responsibility of the Chief Minister from October 21 until the arrival of Chief Minister Jammakattel.
Personal secretary of Chief Minister Jammakattel, Upendra Jammakattel, said that the chief minister is travelling to Dubai of UAE for a week.
