Minister for Land Reform and Management Matrika Yadav resigned from his post on Friday, local TV channel Kantipur reported on Friday.
Minister Yadav immediately resigned after the central secretariat meeting of his party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M), directed him to publicly apologize for his recentaction over land capture in Siraha district, some 150 km south of the capital Kathmandu.
Yadav was just sworn in on Aug. 31 when the first cabinet of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal got its full shape.
Minister Yadav submitted his resignation to his party chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda".
Earlier, the CPN-M secretariat meeting concluded that the controversial involvement of Yadav in land seizure at Mirchaiya in Siraha district was against the party policy.
Yadav had locked horns with another party of the ruling party coalition, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)(CPN-UML), which holds the home ministry portfolio, over the seizure of house and land belonging to Birendra Shah and distributing it to landless squatters in Siraha.
However, Yadav has been defending his move claiming that he was working for the people.
Yadav had been drawn towards controversy after he launched a counter move to recapture the seized land evicted by the police.
On Sunday, police under the direction of Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam had beaten up and chased away squatters (landless people) and demolished their huts.
But the very next day, Yadav went there and ordered the squatters to rebuild huts.
Source: Xinhua
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