COMUNICATION MINISTER GUPTA RESIGNS FROM CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL

COMMUNICATION MINISTER GUPTA RESIGNS FROM
CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL

Kathmandu, 16 Dec.: Minister for Information and Communications Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta has tendered resignation from the Constitutional Council (CC) membership. He submitted his resignation to the prime minister on Friday, RSS reports.

"I decided to resign from the post of the CC member considering the image of the Council. I do not want to drag other members of the Council into controversy and make their participation disputed," reads the resignation letter submitted by Minister Gupta.

Gupta's resignation comes in the context of questions being raised from all sides regarding his nomination to the CC as he is facing a case of corruption at the Supreme Court.

The corruption case filed by the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority against him is presently under consideration at the apex court.

It may be noted that Gupta was nominated as the CC member by the government led by UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal also
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