Internal rift widens in UML over policy and leadership reform
Summary
Calls for a sweeping policy and leadership overhaul are deepening divisions inside the CPN-UML, as KP Sharma Oli resists pressure to restructure the party. Senior leaders want a special convention or representative council meeting to review the party’s direction after its recent electoral setback.
Key Points
- KP Sharma Oli is resisting demands from senior UML leaders for policy and leadership restructuring.
- Vice-chair Bishnu Paudel and general secretary Shankar Pokharel are pushing for a statute convention or representative council meeting.
- The party’s task force has recommended discussing reforms through institutional routes set out in the UML statute.
- The restructuring debate has intensified after the UML’s electoral setback in March, but Oli still holds a strong majority among delegates.
