Voting for leadership of UML Lumbini Province from 8 pm

BUTWAL, Sep 4: An election for the new leadership of CPN-UML Lumbini Province has been confirmed. It has been confirmed that the election will be held in the UML Lumbini Province Congress being held in Butwal.

The election will be held contrary to the instructions given by the party Chairman KP Sharma Oli to select the leadership by consensus. The leaders have formed two panels for voting in the election.

After a consensus among the leaders on the matter of selecting the leadership was not reached, the voting is going to be held from 8 pm. The Election Committee has announced that the final list of the candidates has been published. Election Commission Chief Hari Bhandari informed that voting will begin at 8 pm.

Hari Rijal and Radhakrishna Kandel have filed their candidacy for the provincial chairperson. Rijal is considered close to General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, while Kandel is to Vice Chairman Bishnu Paudel.