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CPN-UML gives full shape to provincial committees

CPN-UML gives full shape to provincial committees

By THT Online

FILE: Nepal Communist Party central office in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML Standing Committee meeting on Sunday gave full shape to all of its seven provincial committees in a bid to restructure the party organisation in line with the new Constitution. According to a statement issued by the UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai, who also heads the party's Publicity Department, a meeting chaired by party Chairman KP Sharma Oli made a decision to this effect. Earlier, the party's Organisation Department had submitted the names of committee members on the basis of criteria made by the Standing Committee. Province Coordinator Joint Coordinator Number of members 1 Bhim Acharya Sherdhan Rai 101 2 Satya Narayan Mandal Nagendra Chaudhary 81 3 Ashtalaxmi Shakya Kashinath Adhikari 111 4 Kiran Gurung Ganesh Timilsena 59 5 Bishnu Prasad Paudel Dal Bahadur Rana 80 6 Yubaraj Gyawali Yamlal Kandel 52 7 Bhim Bahadur Rawal Karna Bahadur Thapa 58 Meanwhile, the party appointed Govinda Bikram Shah (Jajarkot), Ramesh Shrestha (Sunsari) and Moti Dugad (Morang) members of the party's Central Advisory Council. The meeting would continue on Thursday, September 15, according to Bhattarai.