Badal Defends Oli, Reinterprets Nepal's Resignation
Summary
CPN-UML Vice Chairman Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ has submitted a 39-page counter-report defending party Chairman KP Sharma Oli and rejecting calls for leadership change after electoral defeat. The report attacks the “moral responsibility” argument by reinterpreting Madhav Nepal’s resignation after the 2064 Constituent Assembly elections as power politics rather than principle.
Key Points
- Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ prepared a 39-page counter-report in support of KP Sharma Oli.
- The report rejects the idea that party leadership should be handed over on “moral responsibility” after election defeat.
- Badal cites Madhav Nepal’s resignation after the first Constituent Assembly election as an act driven by power ambitions, not morality.
- The counter-report criticizes attempts to use that precedent to pressure Oli to resign.
