Kathmandu – Ranjita Shrestha, the founding chairperson of the Nagarik Unmukti Party , has finally been removed from her post. The majority of the central members of the Resham faction have passed a proposal to remove Shrestha, who once filed a reply in court stating that her husband, Remesh Chaudhary, who is also the party patron, is not even eligible to be a party member. The governance committee of the Nagarik Unmukti Party held on Tuesday has decided to take action against Chairperson Ranjita Shrestha Chaudhary.

On Sunday, the majority of the central members had decided to ask Chairperson Shrestha Chaudhary for an explanation within 24 hours. The decision to take action was taken after Chairperson Shrestha Chaudhary did not provide an explanation. Even before asking for an explanation, the majority of the central members had given a 24-hour ‘ultimatum’ , to call a central committee meeting to Chairperson Chaudhary, who was dragged into the investigation of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority in the land embezzlement case.

Chairperson Chaudhary is involved in the land embezzlement scandal of the litchi garden in Batulechaur, Pokhara. The internal dispute within the party had escalated after she appointed Shiva Bastola as the acting president on Saturday.

Resham Shrestha had formed a party from inside prison while he was in jail and had registered the party with the Election Commission on 19 Paush 2078, making Ranjita the party president. The dispute between Ranjita and Resham Chaudhary, who are related by marriage, had been increasing recently.