Kathmandu: Nepal's Cabinet on Tuesday nominated
senior Maoist leader Ram Karki, considered close to Premier
Baburam Bhattarai, as the country's new Ambassador to India.
Karki, a Politburo member of the ruling UCPN-Maoist, will
succeed Rukma Shumsher Rana after the Parliamentary Special
Hearing Committee (PHSC) formally approves his name.
The Cabinet meeting, which was held at the Prime
Minister's Office in Singha Durbar here, approved Karki's name
along with two others for diplomatic postings in different
countries.
Health professional Mahesh Kumar Maskey has been
nominated as Ambassador to China while Joint Secretary
Dhananjaya Jha's name has been proposed as envoy to the United
Arab Emirates.
Karki is currently in-charge of Maoist party's Limbuwan
State Committee and regarded close to Prime Minister
Bhattarai.
Karki's wife hails from Sikkim, where she is currently
serving as a senior government official, according to Maoist
party sources.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, November 08, 2011, 18:39