Nepal, April 3 -- Karnali Province Chief Minister Rajkumar Sharma resigned from the position on Wednesday.

Sharma announced his decision to step down from the post during a meeting of the provincial assembly.

As per the power-sharing deal reached among the ruling coalition partners in the centre, a CPN-UML lawmaker will lead the Karnali government.

Sharma along with other province members of the CPN (Maoist Centre) had refused to implement the centre's decision. Chief Minister Sharma had planned to seek the vote of confidence from the assembly on Wednesday and the assembly secretariat had made all the arrangements for the same. He however later backtracked on his plan after instruction from Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is als...