KATHMANDU: Surendra Pandey has been appointed as General Secretary of the Prachanda-Madhav Kumar Nepal faction.

A meeting of senior leaders including Prachanda and Nepal held this morning decided to pick Pandey as the General Secretary of the faction.

Pandey will be approved by the Central Committee meeting to be held on Thursday afternoon.

Along with Pandey, Bhim Rawal and Janardan Sharma were also seen aspiring for the post.

The General Secretary of Prime Minister KP Oli-faction is Bishnu Poudel. Today’s central committee meeting of the Prachanda-Nepal faction will decide the program of agitation against the dissolution of the parliament.