UML expands its Standing Committee, four ex Maoist leaders included

KATHMANDU, June 30: CPN-UML has expanded its Standing Committee. 

In the recent expansion, four former leaders of the CPN (Maoist Center), who opted to join the UML after the Supreme Court (SC) on March 7 invalidated the erstwhile Nepal Communist Party (NCP), have also been included in the committee. Former Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Lekhraj Bhatta and Mani Thapa have been added in the committee. 

Similarly, Raghubir Mahaseth, Bishnu Rimal, Beduram Bhusal and Raghu Panta have also been included. 

UML Spokesperson Pradeep Gyawali said that the Standing Committee members of the erstwhile NCP have been given space in the party’s similar committee. 

Meanwhile,the party also dissolved its 10th General Convention Organizing Committee. 

UML is scheduled to hold its Central Committee meeting on July 2.