UML forms 19-member standing committee

KATHMANDU, April 24: A meeting of the ruling CPN-UML’s Tenth General Convention Organizing Committee formed a  19-member standing committee.  The committee includes party Chairperson KP Sharma Oli, Gneral Secretary Ishwor Pokharel, Bamdev Gautam, Ram Bahadur Thapa, Bishnu Prasad Poudel, Subas Nembang and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi. Similalry, Pradeep Gyawali, Shankar Pokharel, Prithvi Subba Gurung, Lekhraj Bhatta, Mani Chandra Thapa, Kiran Gurung, Satya Narayan Mandal, Chhabilal Biswokarma, Bishnu Rimal, Raghubir Mahaseth, Keshab Badal and Dr Pushpa Raj Kande were also included in the committeel.  The leaders close to the senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, however, were excluded in the new committee.  The meeting also decided to welcome the leaders and cadres joining the party ‘mainstream’ reviewing the past activities and roles, and also to provide an appropriate portfolio. The meeting passed a 19-point proposal.  Earlier, the meeting had divided the portfolio of the organizing committee members.