Senior CPN-UML leader and Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, party Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal, General Secretary Ishwar Pokharel and Secretary Bishnu Poudel are in the committee, the party said in a statement. The mechanism will guide the government in important decisions including political appointments.
The meeting also made some changes in the responsibilities of party leaders in some central departments, regional and zonal units in the context of induction of some leaders into the cabinet, said a party Secretary Yubraj Gyawali.
The meeting nominated party Secretary Bishnu Poudel, who is also UML´s deputy parliamentary party leader, as chief of the party´s head of the parliamentary board. Earlier, parliamentary party leader Khanal was proposed to head the board.
Likewise, the meeting nominated Rajendra Gautam, Netra Panthi, Shrimaya Thakali and Gorakh Bahadur Bogati as chiefs of Koshi, Lumbini, Dhaulagiri and Karnali zones, respectively. Rajendra Shrestha has been nominated in-charge of Kathmandu valley to replace Prabhakar Pradhanang (Rabindra Shrestha) after the latter was made a minister.
Similarly, Bharat Mohan Adhikari, Bamdev Gautam, Bishnu Poudel,Yuv Raj Gyawali and Ashok Rai have been appointed chiefs of eastern, central, western, mid-west and far-western regions, respectively. Rai replaces Shankar Pokhrel after he became a minister.
The party´s central committee had entrusted the standing committee to finalize the nominations.
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