UML Leadership Transition Stalls
Summary
CPN-UML leaders are split over replacing KP Sharma Oli after the party’s poor showing in the March 5 snap polls, but he has resisted calls to resign. Oli is also facing investigations and accountability claims linked to the Gen Z uprising and alleged human rights violations.
Key Points
- The CPN-UML secretariat meeting ended in deadlock as many leaders pushed for KP Sharma Oli’s exit from the top party post.
- Oli resisted resignation demands and agreed only to take the issue to the upcoming central committee meeting.
- A committee led by Bishnu Paudel’s ally Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal will review the party’s electoral defeat and suggest restructuring.
- Oli is also under investigation over the Gen Z movement, with the NHRC and the Gauri Bahadur Karki-led commission citing him in connection with rights abuses and violent suppression.
