INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARNALI, MARCH 20The CPN-Maoist Centre has suspended its Karnali Province Assembly
Chief Whip Thammar Bista from the post.
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The party accused him of violating the party code of conduct.
According to a party source, following this, Bista is now no more the party chief whip for Karnali PA and neither its member
It may be noted that Bista had earlier submitted his resignation as the province lawmaker, but was officially asked to withdraw and get back
to his regular business.Later, on March 18, his resignation was accepted by Province Speaker Raj Bahadur Shahi
Party leader and former chief minister of the province Mahendra Bahadur Shahi in a press statement today said the party suspended Bista for
his opinion against the party's statute and the violation of the party direction to withdraw his resignation.With the acceptance of Bista's
resignation by the speaker and his suspension from the party, the post he was occupying has turned vacant, according to the PA Secretariat.A
version of this article appears in the print on March 21, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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