KATHMANDU, JANUARY 6
With the House of Representatives election approaching, the secretariat meeting of the CPN-UML on Tuesday formed a manifesto drafting committee under the coordination of party Chair KP Sharma Oli, according to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta.
The members of the committee are Vice Chairs Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Prasad Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, and leaders Ishwor Pokharel, Pradeep Gyawali, and Bishnu Rimal.
Ram Bahadur Thapa has also been tasked with coordinating the party's election mobilization committee. The meeting decided to assign the following leaders to coordinate election mobilization in the provinces: Sher Dhan Rai in Koshi Province, Leelanath Shrestha in Madhes Province, Mahesh Basnet in Bagmati Province, Dr Rajan Bhattarai in the federal capital, Khagaraj Adhikari in Gandaki Province, Padma Aryal in Lumbini Province, Yamlal Kandel in Karnali Province, and Ganesh Thagunna in Sudurpaschim Province. Bhanubhakta Dhakal has been appointed as coordinator of the organization department.
Bishnu Rimal has been nominated as chair of the party's Policy and Research Academy.
The meeting also condemned the United States' intervention in Venezuela.
In addition, it criticized activities aimed at disrupting social harmony in Janakpur and urged the government to take immediate initiatives to maintain communal peace.
