Apr 28, Kathmandu - The current government led by Prime Minister Balen Shah is preparing to unilaterally revoke all political appointments made by previous governments to various constitutional bodies, universities, boards, institutes and missions.

The government is going to remove about 1,500 officials who held positions on the basis of party affiliation by bringing an ordinance for this in a short time.

According to sources, final preparations are underway to pass the ordinance and recommend it to the President.

If this decision is implemented, it will be considered the biggest 'political purge' in Nepal's administrative history.

According to sources, this ordinance proposes to revoke controversial constitutional appointments, especially those appointed to universities, diplomatic missions, public institutions, development committees and various boards.

As soon as the government was formed, the government had been requesting that those who were in political appointments be released and the path be paved. The ordinance is being issued after it was determined that removing them all at once would cause legal complications.

The Balen government, recognizing the precedent of such attempts being rejected by the courts, is going to make legal arrangements through an ordinance without holding a parliament session.

For this reason, the parliament session that was called just a few days ago was also postponed.