Kathmandu, April 23: UML lawmaker Raghuji Pant has been appointed Minister for Education, Science and Technology.

President Ramchandra Paudel made changes in the council of ministers as recommended by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today.

Pant is succeeding Bidya Bhattarai, who quit the post on Monday.

Meanwhile, Oli has dismissed Purna Bahadur (Kanchha Ram) Tamang, the Minister of State for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation from the position.

Tamang was against dismissing NEA’s executive director Kulman Ghishing.

People’s News Monitoring Service.