23 Maoist leaders including Badal nominated as UML Central Committee Members, Pradeep Gyawali appointed Spokesperson 

KATHMANDU: Twenty-three Maoist leaders, including Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’, have been nominated as central members of the CPN-UML. A meeting of the Central Committee held in Baluwatar has appointed Pradeep Gyawali as the Spokesperson.

While uniting with the Maoists, 42 nominees have automatically become central members. Thus, the UML Central Committee now has 264 members. 

List of members nominated for Central Committee:

1. Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’
2. Top Bahadur Rayamajhi
3. Lekhraj Bhatta
4. Mani Chandra Thapa
5. Prabhu Shah
6. Tanka Angbuhang
7. Pasang Sherpa
8. Jwala Shah
9. Tek Bahadur Balampakhi
10. Kamal Chaulagain
11. Manoj Thapa
12. Bisham Lal Adhikari
13. Lila Bahadur Thapa
14. Dadhi Ram Neupane
15. Girdhari Lal
16. Dawa Lama
17. Jhapat Bohora
18. Chandra Bahadur Khadka
19. Gaurishankar Chaudhary
20. Dambar Bista
21. Dinesh Panthi
22. Dharma Raj Regmi
23. Nabin Roka