Kathmandu, April 22 -- Amid growing differences with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel, Education Minister Bidya Bhattarai resigned from her post on Monday-at a time thousands of government school teachers have been protesting in Kathmandu for the past 20 days.

However, during the Cabinet meeting on Monday evening, Prime Minister Oli told ministers that Bhattari had not resigned, despite news reports to the contrary.

"She is unhappy with both the prime minister and the finance minister, but efforts are on to convince her to rethink her resignation," a minister told the Post. "The prime minister will talk to her."

Bhattarai was appointed as education minister by Oli's CPN-UML party, and her resignation has ...