Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka has been given the responsibility of the Acting Prime Minister as Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' left here for the USA by leading a Nepali delegation to the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York.
After his visit to the UNGA, the PM is scheduled to directly travel to Hangzhou in China on September 22.
The Office of the President has stated that Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Khadka has been assigned to discharge the responsibility of daily administrative jobs in the absence of the PM.
