{"id":427206,"date":"2026-03-28T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=427206"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:35:26","slug":"uml-demands-olis-release-says-arrest-is-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/03\/28\/427206.html","title":{"rendered":"UML demands Oli\u2019s release, says arrest is politically motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> The CPN-UML has demanded the immediate release of its chairperson and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, saying his arrest is politically motivated. The party also objected to the arrest of former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Secretariat meeting held today at the party headquarters in Chyasal, chaired by Senior Vice-Chairperson Ram Bahadur Thapa \u2018Badal\u2019, decided to launch legal, political and street protests against the arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/UML-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/UML-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/UML-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/UML-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/UML.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking after the meeting, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel said the party will begin protest programmes from tomorrow with support from the public and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said district committees will organise demonstrations and submit a memorandum to the Chief District Officer at 12 noon tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/uml2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/uml2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/uml2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/uml2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/uml2.jpeg 1502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The party has also assigned leaders to coordinate with other political parties, civil society and the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CPN-UML has demanded the immediate release of its chairperson and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, saying his arrest is politically motivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":427207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-427206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427209,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427206\/revisions\/427209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427206"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=427206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}