KATHMANDU: Minister for Communication and Information Technology Gokul Baskota today claimed he resigned from his post on moral grounds.
Minister Baskota took to Twitter today to say that he stepped down by tendering his resignation to Prime Minister KP Oli on moral grounds as he was dragged into the controversy.
मेरो बारेमा प्रश्न उठेकोले सम्माननीय प्रधानमन्त्रीज्यू समक्ष नैतिकताको आधारमा मन्त्री पदवाट राजिनामा दिएको जानकारी गराउँदछु। धन्यवाद ।
— Gokul Prasad Baskota (@GokulPBaskota) February 20, 2020
He had stepped down following a leaked audio recording of a conversation between him and a Swiss Company local agent Bijaya Prakash Mishra in which Baskota is heard of bargaining for Rs 700 million in bribe over procurement of security printing press for the government.
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