Minister for Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sher Bahadur Tamang has refuted the rumors that he is going to resign.
There are rumors that the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has asked Minister Tamang to resign over his comments about Nepali female students going to Bangladesh to study MBBS in a damage control measure, and Tamang will announce his resignation holding a press conference later on Tuesday.
“That may just be rumors,” Tamang told Setopati about the rumors. He claimed that new laws will be discussed during the press conference to be held at the ministry when asked if he has called the press conference to announce resignation.
Speaking at a program organized by Practice International Academy in Chuchchepati in Kathmandu on Friday, Tamang had claimed that Nepali girls studying MBBS in Bangladesh have to sell themselves to get the certificate.
"I will now reveal a story. I have heard that our daughters who go to study in Bangladesh have to somehow sell themselves to get a certificate of doctor," Tamang said during the program. "We send our daughters abroad to study. But they can't acquire certificates there without yielding themselves."
The main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and RPP officially condemned Minister Tamang's comments while the minister on Sunday issued a press statement apologizing for hurting students who have studied and are studying in Bangladesh.
But the apology, which was not an unreserved one, did more damage as he tried to reinforce his claims instead of apologizing for making unfounded claims that the female students have to sell themselves. He insisted that he wanted to bring the problems faced by Nepalis studying abroad to the fore. The statement added that he said so with an intention that the situation would end if the students get to study medicine inside Nepal and do not have to go abroad for study.
His remarks on Friday and the stated intent of the comments as mentioned in the apology are in line with the comments of promoter of B &C Hospital Durga Prasai about Nepali female students in Bangladesh, and his accusation that Dr Govinda KC is lobbying for the brokers who send Nepali students abroad to study medicine.
