Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Sunday recommended the names of 5 people to expand the cabinet. But on Monday, only 4 ministers took office after taking the oath of office and secrecy from President Ramchandra Paudel. The appointment of Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra, recommended as Minister of Health and Population, has been stopped, according to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

According to a minister of the interim government, Mishra was put on hold for the time being after receiving information that the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority was investigating him on charges of financial irregularities. The issue of appointing 5 people including Mishra was decided. But it was stopped after getting the information that a complaint has been filed against Mishra and an investigation is also underway,' said the minister. 

Additional Secretary Mishra, who was on leave for 6 months, appeared at the Ministry of Health after the Gen-G movement on 23-24 August. She also resigned from the post on Sunday after the situation became clear that she would be appointed as a minister. "It is understood that he has resigned from the cabinet as the cabinet has recommended him to the minister," said a joint secretary of the ministry.

After accepting the resignation and recommending it to the minister, Prime Minister Karki instructed to put the oath on hold after receiving complaints from many quarters about Mishra. "After discussing the matter related to financial irregularities, even the authorities have come to understand what happened," a source close to the Prime Minister said, "The process of appointing ministers has been stopped after it was revealed that the investigation on Mishra is ongoing." 

According to the authority, Mishra and other employees of the Ministry of Health involved in the procurement of medical equipment are being investigated in detail by appointing an investigation officer. He was appointed as Director General of Health Services Department by then Health Minister Mohan Bahadur Basnet. Appointed as the Director General on 23 August 2080, she was involved in a controversy during her stay on allegations of irregularities in the procurement of medical equipment. Authority sources have said that he has been accused of purchasing colposcopes, thermocomulators and other equipment and the investigation has reached its final stage. There is also a complaint against him in the Authority regarding the fact that while he was the Director General, he paid the money by showing the picture of the mammogram machine being handed over without the supply but only the box.