Kathmandu, May 31 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has maintained that Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak does not need to resign simply because the opposition parties in Parliament have demanded it.

The prime minister termed the opposition's demand as biased, baseless and unfair as the main opposition the CPN (Maoist Centre), the Rastriya Swatantra Party, among others, continue to obstruct meetings at the House of Representatives. They have demanded the home minister's resignation over alleged irregularities at the immigration department at Tribhuvan International Airport while issuing visit visas.

Speaking at the function after inaugurating the 13th Kantipur Half Marathon on Saturday, Oli claimed that the home minister had no involvement in t...