DHANGADI, AUGUST 31
A large number of leaders from CPN (Unified Socialist) have returned to the CPN-UML in Sudurpaschim Province.
CPN-UML chairperson KP Sharma Oli welcomed them amidst a mass gathering and party entry programme held in Kailali's Dhangadi today.
CPN (US) PA member Bina Budhathoki, SP PA member Tara Lama Tamang, Provincial Committee former chairperson Bikram Bahadur Shahi, former mayor of Bedkot Municipality and Kailali district vice-chairperson Ashok Kumar Chand, among others, entered the UML.
Similarly, Sudurpaschim Province's Physical Infrastructure State Minister Kulbir Chaudhary, removed from his position today, has also opted to join UML.
UML Chair Oli welcomed the new entrants by offering shawls.
Speaking on the occasion, Oli commented that there had been an influx of CPN (US) leaders opting to join UML lately. "We've a long queue of CPN (US) leaders opting to return to their mother party.
On this occasion today, let me make it clear there won't be any discrimination against them in any way," he said.
The former prime minister also claimed that his party would emerge as the first political party from the upcoming election.
A version of this article appears in the print on September 1, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
