Four Nepali Congress Ministers Resign in Karnali Province

Four Nepali Congress ministers in the Karnali Province government have submitted their joint resignation today.

Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Rajiv Vikram Shah, Minister for Social Development Ghanashyam Bhandari, Minister for Water Resources and Energy Vijaya Budha, and Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest, and Environment Suresh Adhikari have resigned, according to Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader in Karnali Province.

The resignation comes as part of an agreement between the ruling parties, Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, to take turns running the government every two years.