Nepal, Jan. 14 -- Province 2 Financial Affairs and Planning Minister Bijay Yadav has been accused of assaulting Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Forest and Tourism Bidhyanath Jha.

Yadav reportedly slapped Jha on Sunday for not referring the NGO of his preference to the federal government for an entrepreneurship programme on poverty alleviation.

Jha said he had gone to hand over a file at Yadav's office, where the latter was having a chat with Speaker Saroj Yadav and some government officials. When Jha entered the office, Yadav reportedly scolded him off for barging in unannounced and told him to wait outside.

Jha said since Yadav's attitude was unbecoming of a minister, he decided to place the file on his table and walk out of th...