24-member Parliamentary Board headed by Oli formed
KATHMANDU, MARCH 18
The parliamentary party of the ruling CPN-UML today formed a three-member taskforce to amend the party's statute.
The meeting held at the prime minister's official residence in Baluwatar also decided to form a 24-member Parliamentary Board under party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Party leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal, who are holding national cadres meet to oppose the PM's highhandedness in the party, were also named in the Parliamentary Board.
The three-member task force to be coordinated by UML Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai has lawmakers Sher Bahadur Tamang and Bimala Rai Paudel as its members.
Tamang told mediapersons after the meeting that the taskforce will present a proposal in the next central committee meeting scheduled for Saturday.
Deputy parliamentary party leader Subas Chandra Nembang told THT that the party statute needed amendment also to ensure representation of the party's parliamentary office bearers in the National Assembly, particularly chief whip and whip, in the Parliamentary Board.
In response to THT's query, UML Chief Whip Bishal Bhattarai said the parliamentary party meeting took note of the national cadres meeting called by the Nepal-Khanal faction of the party.
Oli had threatened disciplinary action against leaders and cadres who attended factional meetings.
According to Bhattarai, Oli said at the parliamentary party meeting that the alliance with the CPN-MC did not last long because his party sealed the unification pact with the CPN-MC prematurely without working out all the issues, but now it would settle all issues well before entering into a unity deal with the party. The PM said the UML would now forge unity with CPN-MC only if that could ensure development and political stability.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 19, 2021, of The Himalayan Times.
