KATHMANDU – The meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Congress made criteria for selecting the ministers, taking into account inclusion and regional balance on the main basis of contribution and competence. But the Congress leaders have expressed their displeasure by saying that the criteria made by the performance committee were forgotten and the ministers were sent to the government, neglecting inclusiveness and regional balance.

Leaders within the Congress party have also alleged that they made ministers from their pockets by picking loyal and favorable people close to them in the old style.

Congress is said to have neglected inclusiveness and regional balance by not considering the criteria for selecting ministers, with zero Dalit representation in the ten ministers sent by the Congress and not even one from Gandaki state.

Congress MP Rajendra Bajgain has expressed his displeasure saying that the Congress leadership has neglected the state and inclusiveness in the meeting which was attended by Congress Vice Chairman Dhanraj Gurung, Joint General Minister Jeevan Pariyar, Central Member Shankar Bhandari, Kamala Pant, Raju Thapa and other MPs.