KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has appointed 13 leaders as central committee members following a three-day meeting of its Standing Committee that concluded on Saturday.
Those appointed are Sirjana Rai of Bhojpur, Sabitra Aryal of Rupandehi, Indu Kaderiya Bista of Kanchanpur, Sita Pangeni of Nawalpur, Sita Adhikari of Palpa, Dr Pushpa KC Bhandari of Kaski, Dharmanath Prasad Sah of Siraha, Tejman Kandangwa of Tehrathum, Tank Angbuhang of Taplejung, Navin Rokka of Rolpa, Min Prasad Gurung of Syangja, Dabal Pandey of Dolakha and Tejendra KC of Rupandehi.
According to a press statement issued by party General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel, the meeting also set a schedule for organisational strengthening and conventions and gatherings at various levels.
Ward-level committee conventions will be held on December 12, while conventions of municipal and rural municipality committees are to be completed by December 19. A national gathering will also be held in the first week of December, bringing together office-bearers of provincial and district committees, chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of local-level committees, and elected representatives from all levels.
Provincial-level gatherings will be organised after the ward and local-level conventions conclude.
The meeting also decided to recommend Nazima Khatun to the Election Commission to fill the vacant proportional representation seat in the Madhesh Provincial Assembly following the death of party lawmaker Jainab Khatun.
Likewise, the meeting decided that vacant district chairperson positions in 13 districts would be filled through decisions at the respective district level. The decisions will then be forwarded to the higher committees for approval.
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