Bagmati Province Minister Khadka resigns

Bagmati, July 29: Minister for Water Supply, Energy and Irrigation of Bagmati Province, Shyam Bahadur Khadka, has resigned from his post today.     

Minister Khadka tendered his resignation before Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama. He resigned from the post after a no-confidence motion had been registered against NC parliamentary party leader and Chief Minister Lama. The no-confidence motion was endorsed by a majority of the NC parliamentary party members.     

Earlier on Friday, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law, Suraj Chandra Lamichhane, Minister for Culture and Tourism, Bimal Thakuri, Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Madhu Kumar Shrestha, Minister for Youth and Sports, Min Krishna Maharjan, appointed from the Nepali Congress, had resigned from their posts. In response, Chief Minister Lama relieved them from the post on the same day.(RSS)