Bagmati Province Government Sees Mass Resignation of 6 UML Ministers

Hetauda. Six ministers from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) [CPN-UML], who were participating in the Bagmati Province government, have resigned collectively today. Although they tried to submit their resignations to Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya, he did not wish to meet them, so they left their resignation letters at the Chief Minister's office. A source close to Baniya said that he had gone to Chitwan for a program on Wednesday.

The CPN-UML ministers who resigned include Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development Madhusudan Poudel, Minister of Physical Infrastructure Development Dr. Dinesh Chandra Devkota, and Minister of Industry, Commerce, Land, and Administration Bindu Shrestha. Additionally, Ministers without portfolio include Kiran Thapa Magar, Bharat Bahadur KC, and Jayaram Thapa.