UML’s second-rung leaders making final attempts to save party unity

KATHMANDU, July 17: Second-rung leaders of the CPN-UML have resumed their talk in a bid to save the party unity. 

The leaders are holding a meeting at the UML parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar to forge consensus and keep party unity intact. According to a source, most members of the 10-member task force, which the UML Standing Committee meeting dissolved on Friday, joined the meeting.  

The task force comprised Bhim Rawal, Ghanashyam Bhusal, Surendra Pandey, Raghuji Pant and Gorkarna Bista from the senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal side while Subash Chandra Nemang, Bishnu Poudel, Pradeep Gyawali, Shankar Pokharel and Bishnu Rimal represented Chairman KP Sharma Oli faction.

UML secretaries Prithvi Subba Gurung, Yogesh Bhattarai and Bhim Acharya also joined Saturday’s meeting. 

The leaders are reportedly holding consultations as party witnesses issues over the implementation of the 10-point deal finalized by the taskforce on July 12.