KATHMANDU, MAY 12 The CPN (UML) has nominated party secretary and former minister Padma Aryal as the Deputy Leader of its parliamentary party. Parliamentary party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) made the nomination, Chief Whip Ain Mahar said. Aryal, a proportional representation lawmaker, currently serves as a party secretary. Earlier, the party had appointed Ain Mahar as Chief Whip and Nita Ghatani as Whip of the parliamentary party.