KATHMANDU, APRIL 2

The main opposition party Nepali Congress has decided to ask for Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's resignation from his post and to initiate the formation of a new government under its leadership.

Senior leaders of the party that met on Friday afternoon agreed on the decision to begin proceeding to form a NC-led government.

The agreement was then proposed and discussed at the meeting of the party's central working committee held this afteroon.