Kathmandu, April 9 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah on Thursday sacked Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Deepak Kumar Sah on the recommendation of his party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).

The decision followed a formal letter from party chair Rabi Lamichhane, based on findings of the party's central disciplinary commission.

The prime minister's secretariat said Sah was removed after the party found him in breach of its code of conduct and discipline.

According to the commission's study, Sah misused his office to continue his wife, Junu Shrestha, as a member of the Health Insurance Board, the position which had remained largely inactive for a long time. The commission had submitted its report to the party on Wedne...