UML creates senior leader post for Bidya, opens new political chapter
Summary
The CPN-UML has created a senior leader post for former President Bidya Devi Bhandari, clearing her return to active party politics and reopening debate over future leadership and Left unity. The party also criticized the government over protests, floods, prices and national interests at its Central Committee meeting.
Key Points
- The UML Central Committee created a senior leader position for Bidya Devi Bhandari, allowing her return to active politics after her presidential tenure.
- The move has intensified discussion about leadership succession in the UML and possible broader Left unity, including potential roles for other communist leaders.
- The party condemned the government’s handling of Gen Z protest arrests, flood response, inflation, and national interest issues.
- The UML said it will prepare a concrete plan to strengthen the party and consolidate internal unity.
