Home Minister Lamichhane in mood to put in papers

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has made up his mind to resign.

Minister Lamichhane is preparing to put in papers saying that there is no point in staying in the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, which fell into minority after the formation of a new ruling coalition of the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML.

People close to Lamichhane have suggested that he resign from the post of Home Minister.

According to a source, Lamichhane is also preparing to join the government led by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli after tendering the resignation.

It has been learnt that Lamichhane, who is also the President of Rastriya Swatantra Party, is in a mood to submit the resignation to the Prime Minister after today’s meeting.

“A new agreement has been reached between the two largest parties. The government led by CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has already fallen into minority. He is busy in holding discussions with the party leaders saying that it will be appropriate to resign in this situation. Most probably, he will resign after today’s meeting,” a leader said.

The Dahal-led government faced a crisis after the top leaders of the two largest parties of the Parliament Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli signed an agreement to form a new government under Oli’s leadership.

In the 275-member House of Representatives, Nepali Congress has 88 seats and UML has 79.

The UML on Tuesday had urged Prime Minister Dahal to resign by today and pave the way for the formation of a national consensus government.