Resignation was my personal decision: Khanal

KATHMANDU, March 31: Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal, who surprised everyone by suddenly tendering his resignation, has said he doesn´t want blame anyone for his decision to resign from the post but ruled out any possibility of reassuming the public post.

Talking exclusively to Republica on Wednesday evening, Khanal said, “Since it was my personal and sober decision, I don´t want to blame anyone, especially Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari. I have deep respects for Minister Adhikari,” he said and urged all concerned not to make his resignation a political issue.


Khanal also said that he had no major difference with the finance minister on the issue of VAT frauds.

He said he decided to resign as he was tired of seeing how greed has enslaved people and the society during his 31 years in government service. “Now I want rest and peace,” he stressed and appealed to everyone to take the issue in a normal way.

However, he said he had different opinions about the distributive budget that the present leadership is mulling for the proposed supplementary budget. “I had expressed my reservations as I was in favor of a budget that supports capital formation but the leadership felt I did not cooperate with them,” he said.

Khanal further said he took the decision to resign as he did not want to be a hindrance to the government, he said.

Khanal further said that he wanted this government to continue and bring the constitution on time.

“Nepal needs peace more than ever before,” he said. He further said that he was calling from a place about 20 kilometers from Pokhara where people are unaware about what is happening in Kathmandu. “Our development efforts and revolution have been extensively Kathmandu centric,” he said.

Khanal said he would spend the rest of his life in social service.