CPN-UML Officially Congratulates Prime Minister Balendra Shah

March 20, Kathmandu – The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), CPN-UML, has formally congratulated Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen). The party’s Central Secretariat meeting held on Friday at the party’s central office in Chyasal resolved to extend official congratulations to Balen. The party statement read, ‘‘We extend our congratulations to the honorable Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his cabinet for successfully forming the government under his leadership with an overwhelming majority.’’
Prior to this, the parliamentary party leader Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal addressed a meeting of the House of Representatives. His remarks sparked criticism from both within and outside the party. During his speech, he accused the Nepalese Army, the bureaucratic apparatus, and non-governmental organizations of contributing to the rise of the Rastriya Swatantra Party as the leading party. The CPN-UML also held extensive discussions regarding this issue.