LALITPUR: Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), KP Sharma Oli, has stressed on the need of strong unity within the party during difficult and adverse situation.

Inaugurating the party’s 10th central committee meeting at Rambagh Palace in Bhanimandal, Lalitpur, today, he clarified that the CPN (UML) is a party which is not one that drifts wherever the wind blows.

The CPN (UML) Chair and former Prime Minister Oli said that the UML continuously works for patriotism, nationalism, development and social justice, urging all parties to unite in the national interest in the current situation.

“If the party’s central committee tells and orders me, I am ready to step down from leadership happily. But I will not leave the country neglected in a difficult situation. It is not the Facebook that decides whether I should resign as the party chairperson; it is the committee that decides. Whenever the committee says so, I am ready to step down from leadership very happily. No member of this committee should go outside chasing populism,” party chair Oli said.

Chairman Oli also called on the leaders and workers of the CPN (Unified Socialist) to return to the UML.

Oli is currently presenting the contemporary political report in the meeting. The meeting will continue until October 17.

UML Convention proposed for Dec 13-15

Meanwhile, Party Chairman Oli has proposed in the political report he presented in the CC meeting to hold the party convention from December 13-15 in Pokhara, according to UML’s Head of the Publicity and Publication Department Rajendra Gautam.

He also presented in his political report views regarding the Gen Z movement on September 8 and 9, and the current government. The report stresses on cooperation among democratic forces for the unity and defence of the republic and the constitution.