Kathmandu, July 8
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has handed over letters to 15 officials of various organisations under it informing that their appointment was cancelled.
Earlier last week, the government had decided to revoke all decisions of political appointments made after August 30 last year by then Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government.
Accordingly, the officials of communication agencies have been relieved of their duties, according to the Ministry’s spokesperson Ram Chandra Dhakal.
Those given the letters are Digambar Jha and Hem Kumar Shrestha of Nepal Telecommunications Authority; Basanta Prakash Upadhyaya of Gorkhapatra Sansthan; Gangadhar Parajuli, Govinda Bahadur Koirala and Bimala Bhandari of Minimum Wage Fixation Committee.
Likewise, Nikita Paudel and Bijaya Deuba of Film Development Board; Umesh Khadka and Devi Ram Parajuli of Film Censor Board; Kiran Chitrakar and Govinda Dhital of Nepal Television and Ekaraj Pathak of Rastriya Samachar Samiti also lost their jobs.
