KATHMANDU: Chairman of CPN (UML) and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has assigned party’s senior vice-chairman Ishwar Pokhrel as the acting Chairman of the UML during the absence of Chairman Oli, Chief of UML’s Publicity Department Rajendra Gautam said.

UML Chairman and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli last night left for Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

Chairman Oli assigned party’s senior vice-chairman as the acting chairman in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the UML Statute. Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to return home on Friday night.