With these appointments, the total number of transparent, merit-based government appointments given by the present State government has reached 1,41,194.
Tensions between the ruling CPN-UML and opposition CPN (Maoist Centre) escalated during a Tribhuvan University senate meeting over Vice-Chancellor Keshar Jung Baral's merit-based appointments for deans and campus chiefs. While the UML criticised Baral's approach as politically motivated, the