CPN (Maoist Center) ministers while tendering their resignation to Prime Minister (PM) Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday have said that they will not receive remuneration for the period they have remained without portfolio.
The Maoist Center ministers had decided to tender resignation on Thursday but could not submit as it was a public holiday. Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel submitted the resignation letter to PM Deuba at the Singha Durbar on Friday.
A total of 16 ministers without portfolio including nine ministers and seven state ministers were in the government from the Maoist Center.
Deputy Prime Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara, ministers Janardan Sharma, Tek Bahadur Basnet, Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, Shiva Kumar Mandal, Asha Koirala, Santa Kumar Tharu and Prabhu Sah, state ministers Mohammad Jakir Hussain, Raj Singh Yadav, Shyam Kumar Shrestha, Karna Bahadur BK, Chham Bahadur Gurung, Goma Kunwar and Ongdi Sherpa tendered the resignation.
PM Deuba on October 17, 2017 had taken back the ministries from the Maoist ministers after Maoist Center forged an electoral alliance with CPN-UML for the federal and provincial elections.
