CPN UML Task Force Held Hostage by Chairman KP Sharma Oli
Summary
A UML task force reviewing the party’s election performance has stalled over whether to remove Chairman KP Sharma Oli, with leaders now pushing a middle path instead. A secret two-and-a-half-hour meeting between Oli and former President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Baluwatar appears to have influenced the compromise.
Key Points
- The CPN-UML task force formed to review election weaknesses is deadlocked over whether Chairman KP Sharma Oli should be removed.
- A secret 2.5-hour meeting between KP Sharma Oli and former President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Baluwatar appears to have helped shift leaders toward a compromise.
- The Balkhali meeting decided to prepare an integrated report by merging drafts from Ram Bahadur Thapa, Bishnu Poudel, and Shankar Pokharel.
- Critics inside UML say the task force has lost autonomy and been effectively held hostage by Oli’s influence.
