After much debate, the CPN-UML has finally shared the responsibilities within the party. Issuing a press note, General Secretary of the Party, Ishwor Pokhrel, made public the sharing of the responsibility. As per the portfolio division, KP Sharma Oli is party chief and chief of the party schooling department, while Jhalanath Khanal senior leader, Bam Dev Gautam, coordinator of the liaison, coordination and leadership, in-charge of farmers’ section, Bidya Devi Bhandari, In-charge of the women section, Yuvraj Gyawali in-charge of the western region, Asta Laxmi Shakya in-charge of the central region and Bhim Bahadur Rawal in-charge of the far west and the diaspora.
Likewise, Ishwor Pokhrel is the chief of the organizational department, Bishnu Prasad Poudel the chief of geography, party front and monitoring of departments, Ghanashyam Bhushal monitor, coordinator and leader on all departments of the state affairs, Pradip Gyawali, secretary at central secretariat, Bhim Acharya coordinator state authority, Prithvi Subba Gurung organization department, Yogesh Bhattarai in-charge publicity department and Gokarna Bista chief of front organization. The standing committee meeting of the party is yet to decide the responsibility for leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal. The party’s representatives in the present government have also not been given any party portfolios.
