Badal appointed to Attorney General

March 19, Kathmandu: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed advocate Ramesh Badal as the Attorney General.

Issuing a press release on Friday, the Spokesperson of the Office of the President, Rupnarayan Bhattarai informed that Badal was appointed to the post of Attorney General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had recommended Badal to the post after Attorney General Agni Prasad Kharel resigned from the post on Friday.

Kharel said that he resigned from the post after consulting with Prime Minister Oli and would remain active in politics in the coming days.