UML Sthayi samiti-

CPN-UML has expressed alarm at the comments relative to the party made by the leaders of Unified CPN-Maoist and other opposition parties at the mass gathering of the opposition Front held at the open air theatre yesterday. The UML's Standing Committee's meeting held today at the party's headquarters in Balkhu said the accusations made on the party and its leaders by the opposition leaders were baseless. Emerging from the meeting, UML Secretary Pradip Gyawali said the Standing Committee would dwell on holding discussions with Nepali Congress on whether to begin dialogue or resume the process at the deferred Constituent Assembly meeting. BITE... The Standing Committee of CPN-UML has also appointed Radhakrishna Mainali and Bijaya Subba as members of the party's Central Committee. Mainali had held a ministerial portfolio during the royal regime. He was also an advisor in the Unified CPN-Maoist, while Bijaya Subba was the vice-chairman of Federal Socialist Party led by Ashok Rai. The appointed central members took their oath today itself.