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20 July 2025

Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli (center), and Former Nepali President and leader of CPN-UML, Bidhya Devi Bhandari (left of KP Oli), walk out of the party headquarters in Lalitpur, Nepal, on July 20, 2025, after holding a one-to-one meeting. The meeting between Former President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister, as well as CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, occurs amid growing internal disputes within the party. After completing her two terms as President, Bhandari visits the party office after a gap of 10 years. The meeting between the two leaders occurs at a time when Oli reportedly tries to prevent Bhandari from returning to active party politics. Despite having renewed her organized membership a year ago, her membership remains pending, as declared by Oli in Saturday's politburo meeting. Former President Bhandari, who serves two terms as head of state, publicly declares her return to active UML politics during a program organized by the Madan Bhandari Foundation on June 28, 2025, stating that she has already renewed her membership. Bhandari previously holds the position of vice chair in the party before becoming president. However, Oli and his close allies adopt a firm stance against allowing her reentry into the party's leadership or upcoming events, including the second Statute Convention scheduled for September 6-7, 2025. The ongoing tensions reflect deeper internal conflicts within the party over leadership control and the future direction of UML, the largest communist party of the Himalayan Nation.

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#12569726

20 July 2025

Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli (center), and Former Nepali President and leader of CPN-UML, Bidhya Devi Bhandari (left of KP Oli), walk out of the party headquarters in Lalitpur, Nepal, on July 20, 2025, after holding a one-to-one meeting. The meeting between Former President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister, as well as CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, occurs amid growing internal disputes within the party. After completing her two terms as President, Bhandari visits the party office after a gap of 10 years. The meeting between the two leaders occurs at a time when Oli reportedly tries to prevent Bhandari from returning to active party politics. Despite having renewed her organized membership a year ago, her membership remains pending, as declared by Oli in Saturday's politburo meeting. Former President Bhandari, who serves two terms as head of state, publicly declares her return to active UML politics during a program organized by the Madan Bhandari Foundation on June 28, 2025, stating that she has already renewed her membership. Bhandari previously holds the position of vice chair in the party before becoming president. However, Oli and his close allies adopt a firm stance against allowing her reentry into the party's leadership or upcoming events, including the second Statute Convention scheduled for September 6-7, 2025. The ongoing tensions reflect deeper internal conflicts within the party over leadership control and the future direction of UML, the largest communist party of the Himalayan Nation.

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#12514959

29 June 2025

Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks during the 7th Law and Justice Party Congress at which he was elected party president for the seventh consecutive time, in Przysucha, Poland, June 28, 2025.

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#12512375

29 June 2025

Former Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (center) attends a ceremony where she announces her political comeback from CPN-UML, the largest communist party in the Nepal parliament, on June 28, 2025. Former President Bhandari, also the former vice-chair of the UML, is twice elected President of the country. She is also the wife of the late Madan Bhandari, the UML general secretary credited with providing the ideological basis for the UML's entry into competitive parliamentary politics. He dies in a car crash in Chitwan in 1993 under mysterious circumstances.

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#12512376

29 June 2025

Former Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (center) attends a ceremony where she announces her political comeback from CPN-UML, the largest communist party in the Nepal parliament, on June 28, 2025. Former President Bhandari, also the former vice-chair of the UML, is twice elected President of the country. She is also the wife of the late Madan Bhandari, the UML general secretary credited with providing the ideological basis for the UML's entry into competitive parliamentary politics. He dies in a car crash in Chitwan in 1993 under mysterious circumstances.

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#12512381

29 June 2025

Former Nepali President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli take opposite sides during a program where Bhandari announces her return to politics after completing her two terms in office two years ago, on June 28, 2025. Bhandari intends to challenge Oli as the chairman of CPN-UML, which brings an intra-party rift in CPN-UML. Former President Bhandari, also the former vice-chair of the UML, is twice elected President of the country. She is also the wife of the late Madan Bhandari, the UML general secretary credited with providing the ideological basis for the UML's entry into competitive parliamentary politics. He dies in a car crash in Chitwan in 1993 under mysterious circumstances.

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#12422895

30 May 2025

A red vertical banner of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) with the label ''Munchen'' is displayed outdoors during a political event in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 24, 2025.

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#12415525

27 May 2025

A green flag with the sunflower logo and the name ''BUNDNIS 90/DIE GRUNEN'' (Alliance 90/The Greens) stands in front of a residential building and trees during a public event in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on May 24, 2025. The German political party promotes environmental protection, climate justice, and social equity.

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#12352497

11 May 2025

Kim Moon-soo, the final presidential candidate of the People Power Party, enters the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 11, 2025, after completing his registration with the National Election Commission.

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#12352516

11 May 2025

Kim Moon-soo, center, the final presidential candidate of the People Power Party, leaves the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 11, 2025, for his campaign office after holding a press conference in the building's lobby following his registration with the National Election Commission.

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#12349629

10 May 2025

Hundreds of supporters of Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate for the People Power Party, gather in front of the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, claiming that the exclusion of Kim and the early-morning registration of independent candidate Han Duck-soo--who joins the party just hours earlier--constitute a premeditated political coup.

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#12349630

10 May 2025

Hundreds of supporters of Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate for the People Power Party, gather in front of the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, claiming that the exclusion of Kim and the early-morning registration of independent candidate Han Duck-soo--who joins the party just hours earlier--constitute a premeditated political coup.

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#12349644

10 May 2025

A vehicle carrying Han Duck-soo, a preliminary candidate for the People Power Party, arrives at party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, while hundreds of supporters of rival candidate Kim Moon-soo protest in the background, denouncing the party leadership.

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#12349647

10 May 2025

A vehicle carrying Han Duck-soo, a preliminary candidate for the People Power Party, arrives at party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, while hundreds of supporters of rival candidate Kim Moon-soo protest in the background, denouncing the party leadership.

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#12349648

10 May 2025

A vehicle carrying Han Duck-soo, a preliminary candidate for the People Power Party, arrives at party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, while hundreds of supporters of rival candidate Kim Moon-soo protest in the background, denouncing the party leadership.

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#12349654

10 May 2025

Hundreds of supporters of Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate for the People Power Party, gather in front of the party headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, claiming that the exclusion of Kim and the early-morning registration of independent candidate Han Duck-soo--who joins the party just hours earlier--constitute a premeditated political coup.

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