Govt decides to recommend President’s Office to pardon sentence of Chaudhary

The government has decided to recommend the President’s Office to pardon the jail sentence of Resham Chaudhary, who is serving a life term in Dillibazaar Prison after being convicted of masterminding the 2015 Tikapur massacre. Making public the decisions of the Cabinet meeting held on Sunday morning, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said that the government has decided to recommend the President’s Office to pardon the sentence of Chaudhary. Earlier, President Ram Chandra Paudel had withdrawn the proposal to pardon Chaudhary.

Minister Sharma said that the government has recommended the President's Office to pardon Chaudhary on the occasion of Republic Day.

Nagarik Unmukti Party leader Chaudhary will be released on the Republic Day if the President’s Office implements the recommendation of the government. Meanwhile, the Cabinet meeting to be held on Monday will decide on the agenda of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's India visit. Prime Minister Dahal will pay an official visit to India from May 31 to June 3 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.