Newly nominated member of Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN), Manusi Yami Bhattarai, announced on Saturday that she would step down from her post after she was dragged into controversy.
Issuing a press release, Bhattarai refuted media reports that she was nominated as a member of the CAN due to the influence of her father, Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai.
“A section is trying to create confusion and draw the PM into controversy by circulating false report that I got an appointment in the CAN just because I am the PM’s daughter,” Bhatarai said in a statement.
Earlier, National Sports Council (NSC) had confirmed on Saturday that Bhattarai and Deepak Saud were nominated as the members of CAN, but, within its legal framework and not because of any pressure from political level.
According to Bhattarai, the PM was unaware about the issue. She said that she would no longer stay in the CAN.
Newspapers on Saturday had reported that Bhattari was appointed as a member of CAN with the direct order from PM Bhattarai.
Manushi is secretary of the Free Student Union of the Central Campus, Tribhuwan University, in which premises Nepal’s only international standard cricket ground exists.