Nepal PM Oli’s social gathering rejects former president’s bid to rejoin social gathering politics

During a gathering of the CPN-UML’s Central Committee, the social gathering additionally endorsed the proposed statute modification – handed by the social gathering’s Secretariat and Politburo – to take away the age restrict of 70 years and the two-term cap for management.

With this modification, 74-year-old Prime Minister and CPN-UML chairman Ok.P. Sharma Oli, who’s serving his second time period as social gathering chairman, can proceed to serve the social gathering in his place.

Ms. Bhandari’s determination to rejoin social gathering politics was anticipated as a problem to Mr. Oli, who has been elected because the social gathering’s chairman twice. He is planning to contest for the publish of the social gathering’s chairperson for the third time.

Briefing the media, the social gathering’s General Secretary Shanker Pokharel stated on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) that Ms. Bhandari’s normal membership of the social gathering has turn out to be ineffective because the central committee made the choice in the direction of that course.

“The central committee has concluded that it isn’t acceptable for the previous president to return to social gathering politics,” Mr. Pokharel stated.

Ms. Bhandari, who retired as president on March 12, 2023, just lately stated that she was prepared to re-enter social gathering politics.