Kathmandu, 20 January: Deputy Speaker Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe  has tendered her resignation from the post effective from today. The secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party  held on Sunday had decided to field  Agni Sapkota as the party's candidate in the election for speaker and urged her to step down. Acting promptly upon the directives of the party she stepped down from the post. People's News Monitoring Service