Nepal PM accepts Maoist minister's resignation
Afp, Kathmandu
Nepal's prime minister has accepted the resignation of a Maoist minister who had complained of a lack of cooperation from his government partners, officials said yesterday. "Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala accepted minister for forest and soil conservation Matrika Yadav's resignation today (Friday)," said government spokesman Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is also a Maoist minister. Yadav, one of the five Maoists given ministerial roles in April, submitted his resignation letter last week saying other parties in the coalition government were not cooperating and the demands of minority groups had gone unheeded. Maoist minister for local development Dev Gurung will take over the vacant portfolio, Mahara said.
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