22 April, Kathmandu : Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that Bidya Bhattarai resigned from her position as Minister for Education, Science, and Technology due to her health issues.
During his address at an event marking the 76th anniversary of the Nepal Communist Party, the Prime Minister clarified that Bhattarai’s resignation was not a result of any lack of cooperation from his side, as some media reports had suggested.
“I appointed her as the Minister for Education, Science, and Technology, and our cooperation remained strong throughout. I was guiding her,” Oli stated. “She resigned citing health issues, and there is no need to create unnecessary propaganda about it,” he added. The Prime Minister also expressed objection over the ‘linking’ the ongoing visit of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to Bangkok to potential efforts to destabilize the incumbent government.
However, Oli reiterated that, as per the bilateral agreement, he would hand over the position of Prime Minister to Deuba after 15 months.
