KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has formed a 45-member Standing Committee.

The ongoing meeting of the party’s Central Committee (CC) in Bhaktapur Sunday proposed the names of 45 leaders, including 19 office bearers, in the Standing Committee.

Leaders ranging from Ghanshyam Bhusal — who was defeated as vice chairman in recently held 10^th general convention of the party, Bhim Acharya — who lost an election to the post of party secretary, to Lalbabu Pandit, who was not included in the central committee, have been included in the Standing Committee of the UML. Likewise, leaders Manichandai Thapa and Prabhu Sah are also in the Standing Committee.

Meanwhile, the party also formed a 99 members politburo which comprises members of the Standing Committee, including office bearers, among others.

Members of the Standing Committee are as follows:

KP Sharma Oli

Ishwar Pokharel

Asta Laxmi Shakya

Yubaraj Gyawali

Ram Bahadur Thapa

Bishnu Poudel

Surendra Pandey

Subas Chandra Nembang

Shankar Pokharel

Prithvi Subba Gurung

Pradeep Gyawali

Bishnu Prasad Rimal

Gokarna Bista

Chhabilal Bishwakarma

Top Bahadur Rayamajhi

Padma Aryal

Yogesh Bhattarai

Raghubir Mahaseth

Lekhraj Bhatt

Ghanshyam Bhusal

Guru Baral

Devraj Ghimire

Bhim Acharya

Lalbabu Pandit

Khagraj Adhikari

Kiran Gurung

Kashinath Adhikari

Raghuji Pant

Bhanubhakta Dhakal

Manichandra Thapa

Sherdhan Rai

Krishna Gopal Shrestha

Yamlal Kandel

Agni Kharel

Prabhu Sah

Dr. Rajan Bhattarai

Sita Poudel

Binda Pandey

Gorakh Bahadur Bogati

Karna Bahadur Thapa

Rajendra Gautam

Thammaya Thapa

Sher Bahadur Tamang

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