Thirteen individuals nominated to the central committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), or CPN-UML, are scheduled to take their oaths today at the party’s central office in Chyasal, Kathmandu. Party Chairman KP Sharma Oli will administer the oath, according to Niraj Acharya, chief of the party’s publicity department.
Oath ceremony at the party office
The ceremony is set to take place at the CPN-UML central office in Chyasal, in Kathmandu. Oli is expected to administer the oath to the nominated members, making the event the next step following their selection by the party’s standing committee. Acharya confirmed the plan for the ceremony.
The scheduled event concerns members who have already been nominated to the central committee. The oath-taking is therefore distinct from the decision to nominate them: the party’s standing committee made that decision at a meeting held over three days, while the ceremony is planned for today. The information released about the event identifies the venue and the person who will administer the oath, but does not provide further details about the ceremony’s programme.
Standing committee nominated 13 members
The nominations were made during a three-day meeting of the party’s standing committee that began on Asoj 22. At the meeting, the committee nominated 13 individuals as central members. The oath ceremony follows that decision and is intended for those 13 nominees.
The sequence is clear from the party’s announcement: the standing committee considered the nominations during its meeting, selected 13 individuals for the central committee, and the nominees are now scheduled to take an oath administered by the party chairman. No additional decisions from the meeting were identified in the information about today’s event.
The announcement does not, in the details provided, name the 13 nominees or specify any individual responsibilities they may hold. It also does not state whether the ceremony will be followed by further party meetings or other organisational decisions. The confirmed information is limited to the number of nominees, the standing committee’s three-day meeting beginning on Asoj 22, and the planned oath-taking at Chyasal.
What is confirmed about today’s event
For CPN-UML, the immediate item on the schedule is the oath-taking ceremony for the 13 nominated central members. Oli is to administer the oath at the central office, and Acharya has confirmed that the ceremony is scheduled for today. No completion of the ceremony has been reported in the information available ahead of the event.
The announcement places the ceremony after the standing committee’s nomination decision, but does not provide further context about why the individuals were selected or how their inclusion may affect the party’s work. Further details about the nominees or any subsequent decisions were not included in the confirmed information. The event is therefore being reported as a scheduled oath-taking, rather than as a completed ceremony or a broader organisational announcement.
