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6 January 2026

Shankar Pokharel, General Secretary of CPN-UML, attends the party's secretariat meeting at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161300

6 January 2026

Shankar Pokharel, General Secretary of CPN-UML, chats with former secretary of the party Gokarna Bista in the premises of the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161301

6 January 2026

Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (Center) arrives at the party office to chair the meeting of the party secretariat in Nepal on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161302

6 January 2026

Mohan Basnet, the close aide of former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, attends the party's secretariat meeting on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161303

6 January 2026

Leaders of the CPN-UML attend the party secretariat meeting held at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161304

6 January 2026

Leaders of the CPN-UML attend the party secretariat meeting held at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161305

6 January 2026

Former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, KP Sharma Oli, chairs the meeting of the party secretariat on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13161306

6 January 2026

Leaders of the CPN-UML attend the party secretariat meeting held at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. CPN-UML forms a manifesto drafting committee for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5. The decision is made during the party's Secretariat meeting with Chairperson KP Sharma Oli leading the committee. The committee includes former Senior Vice-Chairman Ishwar Pokharel, who is defeated by Oli in the party leadership contest. According to Deputy General Secretary Lekhraj Bhatta, the manifesto drafting committee comprises Vice-Chairmen Ram Bahadur Thapa and Bishnu Paudel, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, Central Committee members Ishwar Pokharel and Pradeep Gyawali, as well as Bishnu Rimal.

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#13123623

22 December 2025

BJP senior leader Suvendu Adhikari and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders sit on the street near the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh as party members and religious activists hold a poster of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government, and shout slogans during a protest in Kolkata, India. The demonstration follows reports of recent violence in Bangladesh after the killing of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi and the death of Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das on December 18 amid allegations of blasphemy.

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#13113716

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president., in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113720

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president, in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113736

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president, in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113738

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president., in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113739

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president., in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113740

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president., in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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#13113742

20 December 2025

WARSAW, POLAND – DECEMBER 19: Krzysztof Bosak, a senior figure in Poland’s Confederation party and Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, is seen inside the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in Warsaw on the day of a visit by Ukraine’s president, in Warsaw, Mazovian Voivodeship, Poland, on December 19, 2025.

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