Kathmandu :  The ruling CPN-UML has nominated Guru Baral as the party’s Vice Chairman. UML Deputy General Secretary Pradip Gywali informed Republica that the Secretariat meeting of the party decided to nominate Baral as the party’s Vice Chairman.

The post was lying vacant after the demise of the Vice Chairman Subash Nemwang in September last year.

The Secretariat meeting of the party is currently underway at Hotel Basera in Kathmandu after the massive floods triggered by incessant rainfall affected daily activities of the party from its own headquarter in Chyasal, Lalitpur.

The newly nominated central committee members include:

• Subas Karmacharya (Sindhupalchok)
• Kundan Kushwaha (Rautahat)
• Jitendra Dev (Saptari)
• Rampreet Paswan (Siraha)
• Krishnabhakta Pokharel (Chitwan)
• Kamalkrishna Timilsina (Achham)
• Gobinda Pun (Salyan)
• Kedar Sigdel (Tanahun)
• Manmohan Paudel (Parbat)
• Hardev Joshi (Darchula)
• Hari Upreti (Sarlahi)
• Indra Bhandari (Jhapa)
• Mahesh Bartaula (Makwanpur)
• Sarita Bhusal
• Prabha Baral (Kaski)
• Manju Sharma Chalise (Baglung)
• Asha Javegu (Panchthar)

The meeting also reshuffled the responsibilities of provincial in-charges. According to General Secretary Pokhrel, the new provincial in-charges are as follows:

• Sherdhan Rai for Koshi Province
• Leelanath Shrestha for Madhes Province
• Dr. Rajan Bhattarai for Bagmati Province
• Kiran Gurung for Gandaki Province
• Padma Aryal for Lumbini Province
• Gorakh Bahadur Bogati for Karnali Province
• Lekhnath Bhatt for Sudurpaschim Province

These decisions reflect the party’s efforts to strengthen its organizational structure and leadership across various regions.