Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Urban Development Prakash Man Singh has been assigned to work as acting Prime Minister.
President Ram Chandra Paudel assigned Singh to take up the PM’s job in the absence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Prime Minister Oli last night left for Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.
The President has, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister and in accordance with the Constitution of Nepal, assigned Deputy Prime Minister Singh to carry out the daily administrative jobs of the Prime Minister during the PM's absence, the Office of the President has stated.
