Four ministers from the CPN-UML submitted their resignations to Madhesh Province Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Minister Yadav had earlier asked the UML ministers to resign from their posts.

With the resignation, the UML has withdrawn its support to the government in Madhesh Province.

On Monday night, Chief Minister Yadav called UML provincial assembly party leader Saroj Yadav and asked him to resign from the government by Tuesday afternoon.

After the change in the political alliance at the federal level, the UML has left the Madhesh government.

A meeting of the province assembly party of the UML on Tuesday decided to recall its ministers from the government. Based on that decision, all four ministers of the UML submitted their resignations.

UML province assembly party leader Saroj Yadav was the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Development, Raj Kumar Lekhi was heading the Ministry of Law, Justice and Provincial Assembly Affairs, Shatrudhan Prasakh Singh was the Minister for Home and Communications and Mohammad Jayed Alam was leading the Ministry of Women, Children, Youth and Sports.

Chief Minister Yadav is now preparing to induct province assembly members from the Nepali Congress in the vacant ministerial berths.

Congress leaders on Tuesday were engaged in an internal discussion to finalise the names of the province lawmakers to fill the portfolios.

Congress provincial assembly party leader Krishna Yadav said that they will participate in the provincial government as per the alliance at the federal level.