Sudurpashchim assembly member Birbahadur Thapa resigns; speaker holds it

CPN-UML's Sudurpashchim Province Assembly member and former minister Birbahadur Thapa has resigned from his post. He submitted his resignation letter to Speaker Bhim Bahadur Bhandari.

Thapa resigned expressing dissatisfaction with the current fiscal year's budget brought by the provincial government. The budget was passed by the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly on Tuesday. Thapa is a lawmaker from the ruling party in the province.

Speaker Bhandari confirmed on Wednesday that Thapa had submitted the resignation letter to him. In a conversation with Ratopati, he said he had received the resignation letter.

According to Onlinekhabar, Speaker Bhandari has held the resignation without moving it forward immediately.