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Defecting Maoist leader Bista joins UML



KATHMANDU: CPN-Maoist Center’s Karnali leader Thammar Bahadur Bista has defected to the CPN-UML.

UML Senior Vice-chairman Ishwor Pokharel and Standing Committee member Yam Lal Kandel welcomed Bista into the main opposition at a program in Surkhet on Sunday.

Earlier, Bista announced he had quit the Maoist Center. Subsequently, Maoist Karnali Province Parliamentary Party leader Mahendra Bahadur Shahi had suspended Bista from the party.

Publish Date : 20 March 2022 17:27 PM

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