Kathmandu: Chairman of CPN (UML) and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has assigned the party’s senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokhrel as the acting Chairman of the UML during his absence, Chief of UML’s Publicity Department Rajendra Gautam said.
According to National News Agency Nepal, UML Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli departed for Turkmenistan last night to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. In his absence, Pokhrel will take on the role of acting chairman as per Article 21 (2) of the UML Statute. Prime Minister Oli is expected to return home on Friday night.