DHADING, NOVEMBER 6

CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli said UML should win in the upcoming parliamentary election to ensure development and prosperity.

Addressing his party cadres and leaders at Khatripauwa in Dhading district today, Chairperson Oli, who is also the former prime minister, arrived in Dhading to inspect the under-construction Nagdhunga Tunnel.

He said the country had entered the tunnel-construction era during his tenure as prime minister.

According to him, the international highway that links Nepal with India and China would go through Dhading Constituency-1 and UML had shouldered responsibility for delivering on this project.

He assured that Dhading would no longer be a remote area with the expansion of the road connectivity.

Assuring that the UML would secure a victory in Dhading, he said Bhumi Tripathi was the official candidate of UML for the House of Representatives election contesting from Constituency 1 of Dhading and Ramesh Acharya for the Province Assembly from Constituency- 1A.

Meanwhile, UML's senior Vice-chairperson Ishwor Pokharel said that a conducive environment would be created for Nepalis abroad to utilise their skills in Nepal.

Addressing the closed session of the first convention of Prabashi Nepali Manch (Overseas Nepalis Forum) in Kathmandu today, Pokharel shared that his party had prioritised job creation and creation of enabling environment for overseas Nepalis to consider investing their skills, knowledge and competence in Nepal.

Furthermore, the former deputy prime minister, highlighted unity within the organisation and party and argued that a strong organisation meant a strong party. He urged the participants of the convention to elect a new executive committee unanimously.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 7, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.