BUTWAL, Sep 6: Radhakrishna Kandel has been elected Chairman of the CPN UML Lumbini Province. Kandel won by defeating Hari Rijal by 2 votes according to the election results. The vote counting was completed at the International Assembly Hall in Butwal.
Kandel received 479 votes
BUTWAL, Sep 4: An election for the new leadership of CPN-UML Lumbini Province has been confirmed. It has been confirmed that the election will be held in the UML Lumbini Province Congress being held in Butwal.
The election will be held contrary to the instructions given by the p
Sandeep, son of former minister and CPN-UML secretary Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who was involved in the fraud case by creating fake refugees, has been arrested.
Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Vice-Chairman Bishnu Poudel has said that Butwal will be the center in terms of economic, human and material development.
KATHMANDU, October 4: The main opposition CPN (UML) on Sunday concluded its first statute convention with the commitment to advance the country’s campaign for transformation and prosperity by taking people’s fresh mandate.
The statute convention has also decided to make the party's activities more dynamic and robust for the upcoming elections.
Likewise, the UML has decided to organise its 10th general convention in Butwal from 26-29 November.
Concluding the party’s first statute convention in Sunrise Conference Centre in Godavari, Lalitpur, party chairman KP Sharma Oli announced that the UML’s upcoming 10th general convention would be held in Butwal of Lumbini Province.
The UML from its first statute convention passed the political, organisational and statute amendment reports unanimously.
Similarly, the statute convention also formed a 14-member central election commission under the chairmanship of Dr Bijay Subba.
The statute convention has criticised the ordinance relating to the political parties, claiming it was unveiled to cause a split in the UML.
Likewise, the UML has appealed to its former cadres, who have abandoned the UML, to rejoin the party to materialise the UML’s campaign for ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’.
Earlier, the team leaders formed in the statute convention to discuss the overall issues suggested that the party should practice internal democracy while selecting the leadership in the general convention.
Furthermore, some of the team leaders also provided their recommendation for the constitutional provision of a directly-elected executive prime minister while some others called for seeking new options in the existing electoral system arguing that the current electoral system was too expensive. (with inputs from RSS)
KATHMANDU, September 15: Chairman of CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address a public gathering in Butwal on Wednesday.
Oli is scheduled to attend a UML cadre gathering in Butwal this afternoon.
Local leaders of the party from all 16 local units in the districts will attend the event to be held at ANFA Ground at Devinagar, Butwal, according to Mohan Chapagain, chief of UML Rupandehi Publicity Department.
Oli will be accompanied by deputy secretary general Bishnu Poudel, Ganashyam Bhusal, Topa Bahadur Rayamaji.
BUTWAL, May 1: The CPN-UML, Lumbini Province has re-proposed Shankar Pokhrel as the candidate for chief minister from the party.
A meeting of the CPN (UML) parliamentary party held in Butwal on Sunday agreed to propose party standing committee member Pokhrel again as the Chief Minister, according to party chief whip Bhumishwor Dhakal. Pokhrel resigned as Chief Minister of the province earlier today.
The Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Center) had filed a no-confidence motion against him on April 19. As Dhakal said, the party will claim for the formation of a single majority government of the party and the (new) government will be formed in accordance with the Article 168 (1) of the constitution.
Pokhrel is expected to be re-appointed and be sworn-in as the Chief Minister today itself. Appointments of other ministers will be made later, it is said. The 81-member Lumbini Province Assembly has 41 members from the CPN (UML), 19 from the Nepali Congress, 17 from the CPN (Maoist Center), two from the Janata Samajbadi Party and one from the Janamorcha Nepal.
