Bagmati State Social Development Minister Khanal resigns from post

KATHMANDU: SEPT. 1 – Bagmati State Minister for Social Development Krishna Prasad Sharma Khanal has resigned from the post, today.

Sharma who was inducted as a minister from CPN-UML has believably chosen to be the part of the newly-formed CPN (Unified Socialist). With his resignation, the Bagmati State Government now has chief minister Astalaxmi Shakya and Minister for Internal Affairs and Law and Physical Infrastructure Keshab Raj Pandey.

Some 12 members of the State Assembly had reached the Election Commission on Tuesday to authenticate their signature choosing the Madhav Kumar Nepal led CPN (Unified Socialist) as their party. With this, the CPN-UML led Bagmati State Government has fallen in minority.