Nepal’s Interior Minister Sudan Gurung resigned on Wednesday – just over three weeks after being sworn in – after facing allegations related to his financial conduct in office.
Gurung became the talk of the town after he jailed former prime minister KP Oli and then home minister Ramesh Lekhak within 24 hours of assuming office.
The resignation of Gurung, who was appointed home minister on March 27, comes amid growing criticism of his alleged business ties and stock transactions with the controversial businessman.
Gurung wrote on his social media website that he resigned from his post to ensure an impartial investigation into matters related to his financial conduct and to avoid a conflict of interest while in office.
“To me, ethics is greater than status and there is no greater power than public trust. The ongoing Gen Z movement in the country to demand good governance, transparency and accountability has also conveyed this message – that public life must be clean and leadership must be accountable.”
“If anyone questions a government built on the blood and sacrifices of my 46 brothers and sisters, the answer is ethics,” Gurung wrote on Facebook.
Gurung was active during the Gen Z movement in September 2025. Among many other things, he was also seen distributing bottled water to protesters at Maitighar Mandala and Naya Baneshwor, the main venue of the protest.
He was also instrumental in signing an agreement between former Kathmandu mayor and rapper-turned-politician Prime Minister Balendra Shah ‘Balen’ and Ravi Lamichhan, a television journalist-turned-politician who is the chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
According to Prime Minister Shah’s Secretariat, Gurung handed over his resignation letter to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Shah has retained the portfolio of the Home Ministry alone, the secretariat added.
Earlier on April 9, Prime Minister Shah had removed Labor, Employment and Social Security Minister Dip Kumar Sah from the post on the recommendation of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
RSP president Rabi Lamichhane advised Shah to take action against Shah for abuse of dignity by being involved in reappointing his wife as a member of the health insurance board after her term expired.
The Prime Minister took charge of the Ministry of Labor after Sah was dismissed, 15 days after taking office.
The Shah-led RSP government in Nepal came to power on the back of massive opposition from the country’s old parties months after the September 2025 Gen Z protests that toppled the Oli-led coalition protesting corruption and restrictions on social media.
At least 76 people were killed during last September’s Gen Z-led protests, which also caused physical damage of NR84.45 billion, a government committee tasked with assessing damage to lives and public and private property said on December 11.
