NC, UML central committee meetings under pressure to remove Deuba and Oli

Key Points

• Nepali Congress and CPN (UML) are holding central committee meetings amid calls to replace Sher Bahadur Deuba and KP Sharma Oli.
• Both parties lost power after the Gen Z uprising, leading to internal pressures for leadership change and party reform.
• The Nepali Congress is considering three strategies including amending statutes or calling special conventions to modernize leadership.
• UML struggles with public perception and internal dissent, with senior leaders seeking to retire Oli to avoid electoral defeat.