UML Central Committee meeting begins in Chyasal

Kathmandu, July 21: A meeting of the CPN (UML) Central Committee commenced a short while ago at the party headquarters in Chyasal, Lalitpur. The meeting is being chaired by party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to UML Publicity Department Chief Rajendra Gautam.

The Central Committee is expected to deliberate on a proposal to amend the party’s statute as well as the party’s organizational report.

It is noted that the UML Politburo meeting held from July 18 to 20 endorsed the proposal to amend the party statute. The proposal is scheduled to be presented at the upcoming Statute Convention.

Party Vice- Chair Bishnu Prasad Paudel, who has been tasked with drafting the statute amendment proposal, is set to introduce the proposal during the meeting. Central Committee members (excluding those in the Secretariat, Standing Committee, and Politburo) will be given up to three minutes each to express their views on the proposal. Around 230 central members are expected to participate in the discussion.

It has been proposed to withdraw the existing provisions that set a 70-year age limit for party office bearers and prohibit individuals from holding the same party position for two terms.

The UML Statute Convention is scheduled to be held on September 5-7 at the Sunrise International Convention Centre in Godavari of Lalitpur.