Members of the newly formed committee of National Women Commission (NWC) resigned en masse from their posts on Wednesday.

They submitted their resignation letters to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Wednesday afternoon.

Report quoted chairperson of the NWC Bandana Rana as saying that they had decided to step down to make things easier for the newly formed government and allow it to work freely.

Rana said that the NWC was facing myriad challenges of resource crunch and mismanagement at the time when she was appointed as the President. The posts at the NWC had remained vacant for two years and phones, email, internet, fax and vehicles were not functioning. She said that it was without proper and skilled human resources.

She said that a team of NWC had carried out onsite visit of Belbari and investigated the case of Sapana Gurung, who was shot dead some days back. She said that the report was ready and it would be handed over the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.

The seven-member NWC had been appointed on March 23 by the royal government.