UML CC meeting deferred owing to Oli's absence

KATHMANDU: The Central Committee meeting of the CPN-UML, called for Sunday, has been postponed owing to the absence of party Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

The meeting will be held after Oli returns from Thailand, according to the chief of the party's Publicity Department, Yogesh Bhattarai.

The former Prime Minister is currently in Bangkok on his follow-up medical trip.

Oli had left for Bangkok on last Saturday and he was said to back after a week.

The meeting is scheduled to mull over finalising party's local level election manifesto, internal preparations for the elections among others.