CPN UML to hold 10th national congress in November

March 21, Kathmandu: The CPN UML  has decided to organize its 10th national congress from November 18 to 22.

The party’s central committee meeting held on Saturday took a decision to this effect.

Likewise, the meeting has converted the 264-member central committee into the national congress organizing committee.

After the meeting, CPN UML’s Spokesperson Pradip Kumar Gyawali said the meeting kept the position of national congress organizing committee Chairman KP Sharma Oli and general secretary Ishwar Pokhrel unchanged.

Spokesperson Gyawali said the upcoming meeting should take a decision on the party’s office-bearers and standing committee members.

The meeting also formed a three-member task force under the Chair of the party’s organization department chief Bishnu Poudel for the portfolio division of the national congress organizing committee.  Likewise, the meeting decided to constitute the provincial committee of the party from the central committee at the recommendation of the Province in-charge, joint in-charge, coordinator, and joint coordinator.

On the occasion, Prime Minister and CPN UML’s Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that the party took seriously the activities that occurred in the name of a certain group.