UML’s statute convention opens today amid growing rift in party

Oli urges discipline. Leaders register a document opposing removal of leadership limits and blocking Bidya Bhandari’s return.

As the CPN-UML’s Second National Statute Convention is set to kick off in Godavari, Lalitpur on Friday, party chair KP Sharma Oli has come up with a political report stressing strict discipline, unity, and a roadmap for “socialism with Nepali characteristics”.