GOVT. SPOKESMAN TULADHAR SAYS PM KHANAL WILL RESIGN 13 AUGUST

GOVT. SPOKESMAN GANGA LAL TULADHAR CONFIRMS PM KHANAL RESIGNATION 13 AUGUST
Kathmandu, 9 Aug.: Education Minister and Government Spokesman Ganga Lal Tulahdar also confirmed categorically Tuesday beleaguered and ailing Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal will resign 13 August.
Tuladhar told reporters in the capital Khanal was resigning to pave the way for a national consensus.


Tuladhar said ‘some people are having sleepless nights on this topic”.’
The minister predicted no successor government is ready to takeover.
Without such government in place, the majority communist government og UML and UCPN (Maoist) like continue like the predecessor government of Madhav Kumar Nepal that continued for more than six months after resigning.
UML Secretary Pradip Geywali confirmed Monday Khanal will resign 13 August ‘with or without formation of a national government”.
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UML CENTRAL COMMITTEE NOW SCHEDULED TO MEET 41 AUGUST
Kathmandu, 9 Aug.: UML central committee will now meet 13 August 14 after a scheduled meeting wasn;t held Tuesday because of the continued ill health of the Prime Mnister Jhalanath Khanal.

The new date was fixed after the party consulted the prime minister, who is also party chairman and other party leaders, the party said.
Khanal is expected to resign 13 August.
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