KATHMANDU – Krishnaman Pradhan, who has raised widespread questions about his moral character, has applied to withdraw his name as the Election Commissioner.

The meeting of the parliamentary hearing committee, which was convened at 11 am today, was postponed, and the meeting will be convened at 5 pm. It is understood that if Krishnaman does not withdraw his name by 5 o’clock, the hearing committee has decided not to approve it and since his name is rejected by the parliamentary committee, the question raised about his character will be legitimate, so Pradhan has decided to withdraw his name.

Earlier, a woman had filed a complaint against Pradhan in the parliamentary committee. After the complainant said that Pradhan sexually abused her, the committee postponed the approval date indefinitely.

After receiving a complaint against Krishnaman Pradhan proposed to the Election Commissioner by Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, the two largest parties in the Parliament, the parties engaged in internal discussions time and again regarding his appointment in the parliamentary hearing committee.

RAPRAPA MP Pashupati Shamsher Jabara has been chairing the hearing committee as a senior member. Shyam Kumar Ghimire, Anand Prasad Dhungana, Ishwaridevi Neupane, Jeevan Pariyar and Gyanendra Bahadur Karki are members of the hearing committee.

Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, Sunita Baral, Ishwari Gharti and Leelanath Shrestha are from UML. Jagprasad Sharma and Janardan Sharma are members from the Maoist Center. Dol Prasad Aryal is from the RASWAPA and Prakash Adhikari from Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepal.