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Nepali cabinet to be announced Monday

KATHMANDU, May 1, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nepali cabinet to be announced on Monday with all seven political parties to participate in the new government.

A meeting of top leaders of Seven Party Alliance (SPA) decided on Monday to send representatives of all seven parties in the Council of Ministers.

Talking to reporters after the SPA meeting, president of United Left Front Prabhu Narayan Chauudhari -- one of the constituent of the SPA -- said all seven parties have decided to join the government keeping in view the aspiration expressed during the recent people's movement.

He said the cabinet will have 21 members at the maximum and names of the some of the members will be announced.

Chairman of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Narayan Man Bijukchhe, said the SPA has asked the Council of Ministers to work in accordance with the spirit of the people's movement.

He said, "It is up to the government to choose the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)."

"The DPM should be someone who works together with the PM," he added.

Newly appointed Nepali Prime Minister Girija Rasa Koirala was sworn in by King Gyanendra at Narayanhiti Palace Sunday morning.