KATHMANDU, July 15: The chairman of the CPN-UML and Newly-appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli visited the party's office at Chyasal in Lalitpur on Monday to pay homage to three veteran communist leaders.
The Prime Minister headed to Chyasal following the oath-taking ceremony as the new Prime Minister at the Office of the President. At Chyasal, he laid wreath on the portraits of founding leader of Nepal Communist Party, Pushpa Lal Shrestha, the party's former chairman Moanmohan Adhikari and the party's former general secretary Madan Bhandari.
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Accompanying the Prime Minister to Chyasal were the newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Minister for Information and Communications Prithvi Subba Gurung, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Damodar Bhandari, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Bidya Bhattarai, Minister for Defence Manbir Rai and Minister for General Administration and Federal Affairs, Ram Kumar Gupta.
The UML leaders and cadres gathered at the party headquarters to celebrate the appointment of the party chairman as the new Prime Minister. The party’s Senior Vice-chairman Ishwor Pokharel, Vice-chairperson Asta Laxmi Shakya, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel were among those present on the occasion to congratulate Oli.
Prior to this, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the martyrs at Lainchaur.
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