Kathmandu : President Ram Chandra Paudel has assigned the portfolio of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka.

President Paudel today assigned Deputy Prime Minister Khadka to look after the ministry, which was under the portfolio of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, according to the Office of the President.