Kathmandu, March 19 -- Following an unexpected defeat in the recently concluded parliamentary elections, Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has resigned from his post on moral grounds. He submitted his resignation to Vice-President Bishwa Prakash Sharma shortly after the date for the party Central Working Committee meeting was fixed. However, the party has not made his resignation public.

"A Central Working Committee meeting has been called for March 20, where the president's resignation will be formally discussed. The decision to resign lies with the president, and he has done so," a party office-bearer said, confirming Thapa's resignation. "But it is the prerogative of the Central Working Committee to decide whether to accept the re...