Madhes Province: UML ministers resign en masse

The CPN-UML has left the government in Madhes Province. The ministers participating in the government from the CPN-UML submitted the resignation letter to Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav. UML Madhes Province Parliamentary Party leader and Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Saroj Kumar Yadav said that four ministers and one state minister resigned from the government.

But the UML has decided not to withdraw the support extended to the government.

Chief Minister Yadav removed the UML ministers from the government after the party left the government following a new power equation at the center. Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development Saroj Kumar Yadav, Minister for Women, Children, Youth and Sports Mohammad Jaid Alam, Minister for Home Affairs and Communications Satrudhan Prasad Singh, Minister for Law Raj Kumar Lekhi and State Minister for Home Affairs and Communications Keshav Raya tendered their resignation. Chief Minister Yadav has accepted the resignation of all the five ministers and also divided the ministries held by them.