Jul 29, Kathmandu - Bagmati Province's Minister for Drinking Water, Energy and Irrigation, Shyam Bahadur Khadka, has resigned from his post today. He submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang today.

Minister Khadka has resigned from his post while discussions are underway at the Nepali Congress parliamentary party office on the no-confidence motion filed against party leader and Chief Minister Lama.

Earlier, on Friday, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Suraj Chandra Lamichhane, Minister for Culture and Tourism Bimal Thakuri, Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Madukumar Shrestha, and Minister for Youth and Sports Minkrishna Maharjan, who were part of the provincial government from the Nepali Congress, resigned. On the same day, Chief Minister Lama dismissed all four ministers.