Kathmandu, October 8
Former president Bidya Devi Bhandari has taken the oath of office as a senior leader of the CPN-UML.
Bhandari took the oath before party chair KP Sharma Oli during the UML Standing Committee meeting on Thursday, according to the party.
The UML Central Committee recently nominated Bhandari as a senior vice-chair. This was her first participation in a party meeting after her nomination as a senior leader and her first meeting attendance in the capacity of senior vice-chair.
The party secretariat meeting held on September 24 had decided to nominate Bhandari as a senior leader, a decision later endorsed by the Central Committee.
Before becoming president, Bhandari had served as a vice-chair of the UML.
