KATHMANDU: Defense Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr. Minendra Rijal has resigned from his post.
“Considering the preliminary result of the votes that I received as the candidate for the post of NC General Secretary, I have decided to step down on the moral ground,” he has said on his Facebook page.
Dr Rijal said he would submit his resignation to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba as soon as the final result of the vote is announced.
He has got comparatively less votes than other contestants to the post of party General Secretary, including Gagan Thapa, Pradeep Poudel, Biswa Prakash Sharma.
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