Oli tightens grip as pressure builds for UML leadership change
Summary
CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli has taken direct control of the party’s central committee meeting as debate intensifies over leadership change after the party’s poor March 5 election showing. Senior leaders remain split between backing Oli and pushing for organisational restructuring.
Key Points
- KP Sharma Oli personally opened and is running the CPN-UML central committee meeting in Lalitpur amid pressure for leadership change.
- Senior UML leaders are divided over whether the party should replace its top leadership after its poor March 5 election performance.
- General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel has argued that suggestions for change should be treated as part of rebuilding the party, not as opposition to leadership.
- The meeting is expected to decide how the UML responds to demands for organisational reform while Oli tries to retain control as chair.
