Kathmandu – Speaking during Tuesday’s meeting of the House of Representatives, Ramhari Khatiwoda announced his resignation from the position of Chairperson of the State Affairs and Governance Committee.

The resignation comes amid debate that the committee chair should take moral responsibility after a parliamentary probe concluded that the committee’s report on the Cooling-Off Period Bill contained serious errors.

Khatiwoda clarified that staff from the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Federal Affairs were involved in drafting the report, and that the errors in the Civil Service Bill were not committed by him or the committee members. However, he admitted his shortcoming in failing to thoroughly review the final draft before approval.