KATHMANDU: CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli is flying to Nepalgunj today.

Chairman Oli will welcome Pashupati Dayal Mishra, a leader of an independent political group, into the UML party.

In the 2074 Federal Parliamentary elections, Mishra had contested as an independent candidate with “Sun” as the election symbol.

Mishra is close to leader Hridayesh Tripathi.

Chairman of Nepalgunj Sub-Metropolis, Dutta Prasad Acharya informed that more than 3,000 cadres of other parties including a former central member of the party Karim Khan will join the UML today.