Guru Baral named UML Vice Chairperson

KATHMANDU: CPN-UML has nominated Guru Baral as its Vice Chairperson.

A meeting of the party’s office-bearers held in Kathmandu on Thursday took the decision.

The position had been lying vacant since the demise of Subash Chandra Nembang in September last year.

Likewise, UML has nominated Mukunda Neupane and Lila Nath Shrestha to its Standing Committee.

Neupane had Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Specialist) following the party split in 2021. He quit Unified Socialist in April, 2023.

The meeting also nominated 17 members to the central committee, according to General Secretary Shankar Pokharel. They include Subas Karmacharya (Sindhupalchok), Kundan Kushbaha (Rautahat), Jitendra Dev  (Sunsari), Rampreet Ram (Siraha), Krishna Bhakta Pokharel  (Chitwan), Kamal Krishna Timilsina (Achham), Govind Pun (Salyan), Kedar Sigdel (Tanahun), Manmohan Paudel (Parbat), Bharadev Joshi (Darchula), Hari Upreti  (Sarlahi), Indra Bhandari (Jhapa), Mahesh Bartaula (Makwanpur), Sarita Bhusal, Prabha Baral  (Kaski), Manju Sharma Chaalise (Baglung), Asha Jabegu (Panchthar).