Dhangadhi. CPN-UML has fielded 13 members of the Far-Western Provincial Assembly in the newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist) Party. Thirteen UML lawmakers, led by Physical Infrastructure Development Minister Dirgha Sodari, have joined the Madhav Nepal-led CPN (S).
According to the party split ordinance, the UML’s state and local level people’s representatives have 21 days to decide which party to join. In the Far West, 13 lawmakers are about to identify Madhav as the CPN (S) of Nepal on Tuesday.
Among those identified are Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Purna Joshi, Minister for Social Development Lal Bahadur Khadka, MPs Bal Bahadur Sodari, Ammar Saud, Chunkumari Chaudhary, Mana Saud, Taralama Tamang, Archana Gahatraj, Kulvir Chaudhary, Sushila Budhathoki, Durga Kami, and Maya Bhatt.
After the dissolution of the House of Representatives, 13 out of 17 members of the Madhav Nepal faction have decided to join the new party. Earlier, UML parliamentary party leaders Prakash Shah, Prakash Rawal, former ministers Krishna Raj Subedi and Govinda Kunwar, who was in the Madhav group, said they would not join the new party. He is considered close to UML Vice President Bhim Rawal. Rawal has left Madhav and returned to UML.
At present, a signature campaign is being conducted for the state assembly members who want to join the CPN-S. After the signing, they will be identified at the State Election Commission, said Purna Joshi, central member of the CPN-S and Minister for Internal Affairs and Law. “If not today, we will submit the signature to the Election Commission by tomorrow,” she said. In the Far West, there are 25 MPs, including the UML Speaker.
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