KATHMANDU: Santosh Kumar Pandey, the newly appointed Minister for Youth and Sports in Lumbini Province, has taken the oath of office and secrecy.

The oath-taking ceremony was held at the Office of the Provincial Governor in Butwal, where Minister Pandey took the oath before Provincial Chief Krishna Bahadur Gharti.

Pandey was appointed as minister representing the Loktantrik Samajwadi Party

The ceremony was attended by Chief Minister Chetan Narayan Acharya, former Chief Minister Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, and other provincial ministers.