![]() He, however, was given the deputy general secretary post again after the NCP was invalidated by the Supreme Court, which led to revival of the UML and the Maoist Centre in the pre-May 2018 stage. Poudel’s elevation to the post of general secretary had surprised many in the party. ![]() He was elevated to the post of party general secretary after the UML’s merger with the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) in May 2018 to form the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). Poudel is currently deputy general secretary of the party. They too are Oli’s favoured leaders, with many within the party seeking Shanker Pokhrel, the former chief minister of Lumbini, seeing him Oli’s successor. Similarly, Bishnu Poudel and Shanker Pokhrel are eying party general secretary post. Subas Nembang and Ishwor Pokhrel have been staking claim to the single senior vice-chair post. The meeting increased two vice-chairs and two deputy general secretaries. Now there will be one chair, one senior vice-chair, six vice-chairs, one general secretary, three deputy-general secretaries and seven secretaries. ![]() The statute convention of the UML held on October 1-3 in Godavari, Lalitpur, had decided to elect 15 office bearers and a 225-member Central Committee.īut with too many aspirants for various posts, the party’s Central Committee meeting decided to make changes. Late on Friday night, the party’s last Central Committee meeting decided to increase the number of office bearers to 19 from 15 and the number of Central Committee members to 301 from 225. Party chair KP Sharma Oli has been holding discussions with leaders close to him since morning in a bid to find consensus on various office bearers’ positions.
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