Kathmandu, May 25 (PTI): Moderate communist leader Madhav Kumar Nepal was today sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal.

Immediately after the swearing in, Nepal invited the Maoists to join the government so that the peace process can reach a “positive” conclusion.

Nepal, 56, who was elected unopposed as the Prime Minister by the Constituent Assembly on Saturday, was sworn in by President Ram Baran Yadav at the Sheetal Niwas here. He assumed office after the ceremony.