KATHMANDU: CPN-UML has called a Secretariat meeting for Saturday at the invitation of party chairman KP Sharma Oli.
This will be the party’s first Secretariat meeting since the House of Representatives elections held in March.
Oli had reportedly been avoiding convening the meeting amid growing pressure on him to step down from the party leadership following the UML’s poor electoral performance.
After Oli remained absent from formal party activities and refrained from holding meetings, Vice-Chairman Bishnu Prasad Paudel and General Secretary Shankar Pokharel visited his residence in Gundu on May 8 to hold discussions with him.
Due to the absence of meetings, the UML has also been unable to formally review its election defeat.
Oli was arrested on March 28, a day after a government led by senior Rastriya Swatantra Party leader Balen Shah was formed, in connection with an investigation into the Gen-Z movement incidents.
He has remained largely inactive in formal party affairs while recovering from gallbladder surgery and taking rest.
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