Kathmandu, February 21: Minister for Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota has said he put in papers from Thursday (Feb 20) on moral grounds after questions were raised about him.
He came up with such remarks in his Twitter post published on Thursday (Feb 20). He resigned from the post after an audio clip was leaked in which he was heard seeking kickbacks to settle the procurement process of a security printing press for the government.
“I would like to inform about my resignation tender to the Right Honorable Prime Minister on the moral ground as the question was raised about me,” reads the Twitter post.
In the audiotape, Baskota is heard negotiating around Rs 740 million in commission with Bijay Prakash Mishra, a Nepal agent of a Swiss equipment supplier, for procuring the security printing press.
