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