Kathmandu. The government has moved ahead with preparations to select the governor of Nepal Rastra Bank. Various individuals who have been lobbying for a long time to become the governor have stepped up their efforts at the last minute. They have resigned from their current jobs and increased their political meetings to increase their lobbying for the governor. Gyanendra Dhungana, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nabil Bank, is also in the race. He has resigned from Nabil Bank and joined the competition. He has been involved in political lobbying for a long time and has been on leave for the past two weeks. He formally left the bank by resigning last Monday. He has said that he resigned from the post because he was in the competition to become the governor.

Dhungana resigned because the CEO of Banijya Bank had to resign from his post to be in the top three in the competition. Many know Dhungana as close to the Congress. Similarly, Nepal Rastra Bank Executive Director Dr. Prakash Kumar Shrestha has also resigned from his post. He has also resigned to compete for the governor's post.

Shrestha, who is currently a member of the National Planning Commission, has resigned from the executive director of the Rastra Bank, informed Ramu Poudel, spokesperson of the Rastra Bank. Shrestha is retiring from the Rastra Bank in the upcoming month of Jestha due to the age limit of 58 years. That is why it is easy for him to resign. There is a legal provision that a person who has been the executive director of the Rastra Bank is eligible for the governorship.