In the cabinet, Dr Baburam Bhattarai has been nominated deputy prime minister and he will look after the Ministry of Finance also. On the other hand, MPRF Chairman Upendra Yadav will head the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Another top Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa has been appointed as the new defence minister.

Also, MPRF’s Vijaya Kumar Gachhedar will head the Ministry for Physical Planning and Works.

Likewise, Krishna Bahadur Mahara  and Dev Gurung will be new ministers for Information and Communications, and Law and Justice  respectively.  MPRF’s Jaya Prakash Gupta will look after the Ministry for Agriculture and Cooperative, and Renu Yadav of the same party will be minister for Education.

Earlier the UML had said that Gautam will be the deputy prime minister in the government and he will head the Home Ministry as well.