The morning after five Maoist leaders were made ministers, they gathered at Pushpa Kamal Dahal's house in Khusibu. The first to arrive-in his ministry car-was Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Matrika Yadav. He was followed by Minister for Local Development Deb Gurung, and Minister of Information and Communications Krishna Prasad Mahara. Minister of Women, Children, and Social Wefare, Khadga Bahadur BK arrived at around 8.30 AM.

Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hisila Yami, and leaders Baburam Bhattarai, Ram Bahadur Thapa, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal were waiting to start an 'informal' meeting. Dahal apparently spent the better part of the morning advising the new ministers on how to present themselves effectively.

When the meeting ended at 10.30 AM, Mahara stayed on at the HQ [Dahal's house]. Yadav headed to Nakkhu prison to meet a Maoist party worker and only reached his new office at 1PM. Minister Yami headed straight to check out the ministers' quarters in Pulchok, and BK headed home to Chabahil. Mahara reached his office at around 11AM, but rushed right out to attend the anniversary of Radio Nepal.

Framed pictures of the king were taken out of government offices, and Mahara decided to replace the one in his office with a photo of Prime Minister Koirala. When BK reached his office, he was thirsty, but there was no water for him. The entire office was turned upside down to find a full jar. The Maoist ministers felt the shortage of fuel, and had to make stops at petrol stations.

Unlike in the past, not one file was signed in any of their ministries. Yadav said, "We do not sign files without studying the contents carefully." The Maoist ministers have decided not to wear daura suruwal, arguing that it is a reminder of the dark days of the Panchayat era. The 'dedicated' their first day of work to understanding the system, which meant no work was done in their ministries.