FinMin Sharma resigns from his post

KATHMANDU, July 6: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has resigned from his post on Wednesday.

Addressing the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting, Finance Minister Sharma announced his resignation following the formation of an 11-member parliamentary committee formed to probe involvement of unofficial personnel in the budget formulation process.

Earlier, the CPN-UML, main opposition party, had demanded a parliamentary probe accusing Finance Minister Sharma of including two unofficial personnel in the Budget formulation process.