Birgunj Metropolitan City Mayor Bijay Kumar Sarawagi tendered his resignation on Friday.

Sarawagi, who is filing his candidacy again for the post of mayor from the CPN-UML in the upcoming local level elections, resigned from his post this afternoon.

The  Metropolitan Committee and the Province Committee of the party have already recommended the name of Sarawagi to the Central Committee as the mayoral candidate of the Birgunj Metropolitan City.

Sarawagi said that he resigned from the post as there is a provision in the election code of conduct that the local representatives must resign if they want to contest the local level elections.