The government has decided to suspend Yuvaraj Adhikari, Chairman of the Nepal Airlines Corporation.

A Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to suspend Adhikari, Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha said.

The government has decided to suspend Nepal Airlines Corporation Chairman Yuvaraj Adhikari. There were demands to remove him from the post," he said.

The Annapurna Post, the sister publication of the Annapurna Express, had recently made public an audio conversation between Tourism Minister Prem Ale and Adhikari where Ale is found abusing Adhikari on telephone.

According to a source, there was a tussle between Minister Ale and Adhikari.

The government had even formed a probe committee to investigate the matter of Adhikari.