Bhandari’s return to active politics does more harm to her reputation than good

Her decision to rejoin the UML raises questions about political morality and the neutrality expected of the presidency.

After a long push, former President Bidya Devi Bhandari has returned to party politics as a senior CPN-UML leader. On September 24, the party’s central committee nominated her to a position that the party statute does not even recognise.