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22 November 2025

Shankar Pokhrel, Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), addresses the mass gathering following a show of power in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 22, 2025. The show of power by CPN-UML comes ahead of the election of the House of Representatives called for March 5, 2026. Chairman of the UML and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is vocal against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), insisting there is no alternative to the restoration of parliament. Oli says the HoR is dissolved unconstitutionally and must be revived. He describes the recommendation for dissolution as unauthorized and unconstitutional, calling it ''a regrettable step taken in violation of the constitution.''

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli welcomes back the communist leader Krishna Kumar Shrestha, who separated ways a few years ago, amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who do not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who do not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (center) attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago during a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (center) attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago during a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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10 November 2025

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli attends a program to welcome back the communist leaders who separated a few years ago amid a ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 10, 2025. Ram Kumari Jhakri and other leaders who did not join the unification of 10 leftist groups return to the CPN-UML. They return to the UML through the ''Ghar Farka Rastriya Abhiyan'' (Return Home National Campaign) conducted by the UML at the City Hall in Kathmandu. Along with Jhakri, former lawmaker Krishna Kumar Shrestha (Kisan), CPN (Unified Socialist) politburo member Pitambar Timilsina, Arjun Rai, Nawaraj Paudel, Gambhir Lal Shrestha, and other leaders who did not join the unification return to the UML. They are welcomed by UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.

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18 October 2025

Deposed former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli gestures as he attends a program organized at the torched party office for the first time since the Gen-Z revolution in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 18, 2025. It is the first time since the September 8 Gen-Z uprising that Oli visits his party office. The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party office is burnt to ashes by the agitated protestors the following day after 21 people are killed on September 8 by police. Oli is in hiding for about 10 days and resurfaces since last month. He denounces the election called for March 5, 2026, by the interim government of Sushila Karki. The CPN-UML Chair claims that an election environment cannot be created without dialogue among political parties. Oli remarks that it is difficult to hold elections when around 1,200 weapons and over 100,000 bullets are looted and about 5,500 prisoners are still at large. The communist leader also reiterates that reinstating the dissolved House of Representatives remains his party's position and urges party members to move forward confidently, following the party's policy.

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18 October 2025

Deposed former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli gestures as he attends a program organized at the torched party office for the first time since the Gen-Z revolution in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 18, 2025. It is the first time since the September 8 Gen-Z uprising that Oli visits his party office. The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party office is burnt to ashes by the agitated protestors the following day after 21 people are killed on September 8 by police. Oli is in hiding for about 10 days and resurfaces since last month. He denounces the election called for March 5, 2026, by the interim government of Sushila Karki. The CPN-UML Chair claims that an election environment cannot be created without dialogue among political parties. Oli remarks that it is difficult to hold elections when around 1,200 weapons and over 100,000 bullets are looted and about 5,500 prisoners are still at large. The communist leader also reiterates that reinstating the dissolved House of Representatives remains his party's position and urges party members to move forward confidently, following the party's policy.

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18 October 2025

Deposed former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli addresses his supporters and followers as he attends a program organized at the torched party office for the first time since the Gen-Z revolution in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 18, 2025. It is the first time since the September 8 Gen-Z uprising that Oli visits his party office. The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party office is burnt to ashes by the agitated protestors the following day after 21 people are killed on September 8 by police. Oli is in hiding for about 10 days and resurfaces since last month. He denounces the election called for March 5, 2026, by the interim government of Sushila Karki. The CPN-UML Chair claims that an election environment cannot be created without dialogue among political parties. Oli remarks that it is difficult to hold elections when around 1,200 weapons and over 100,000 bullets have been looted and about 5,500 prisoners are still at large. The communist leader also reiterates that reinstating the dissolved House of Representatives remains his party's position and urges party members to move forward confidently, following the party's policy.

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18 October 2025

Deposed former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli (in red scarf), arrives at the torched party office for the first time since the Gen-Z revolution in Lalitpur, Nepal, on October 18, 2025. It is the first time since the September 8 Gen-Z uprising that Oli visits his party office. The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) party office is burnt to ashes by the agitated protestors the following day after 21 people are killed on September 8 by police. Oli is in hiding for about 10 days and resurfaces since last month. He denounces the election called for March 5, 2026, by the interim government of Sushila Karki. The CPN-UML Chair claims that an election environment cannot be created without dialogue among political parties. Oli remarks that it is difficult to hold elections when around 1,200 weapons and over 100,000 bullets have been looted and about 5,500 prisoners are still at large. The communist leader also reiterates that reinstating the dissolved House of Representatives remains his party's position and urges party members to move forward confidently, following the party's policy.

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