Kathmandu, Nepal, May 24, 2022: As the main opposition CPN UML reduced into second position with distant gap after the ruling head Nepali Congress, the critics as well as the dissident leaders of the party have blamed its party chairman KP Sharma Oli for the defeat in the local level elections held on May 13.
The dissident leaders namely as Bhim Bahadur Rawal, Asta Laxmi Shakya, Ghana Shyam Bhusal and many others have come up openly against the party chairman Oli blaming him that unilateral decision making process was the reason behind the defeat of the party in the local level election.
‘The party chair should take responsibility for the defeat,’ Shakya said adding ‘the party should evaluate that how party chairman Oli’s working style and nature has affected the polls and the party.’
As Chairman Oli would have taken the credit if the party had won the election, he should take the responsibility for the defeat, she said. Another critics Rawal has also a saying that the party would face further loss in the coming elections if the party chairman Oli do not correct his working style.
Another critic Bhusal has also a saying that party chairman Oli’s working style and nature has badly hampered the party resulting defeat in the election. As the party failed to adopt an institutional decision-making process, and the party’s priorities were misplaced, it obvious to face the defeat in the election, Bhusal said.
Internal power tussle not only between the top leaders but the middle-rung leaders is also blamed for the defeat of the UML in the election. Other critics including Deputy General Secretary of the party Prithivi Subba Gurung, who is also considered as a close aid of the party chairman Oli, has also a same reading that internal differences within the party was the reason behind the defeat in the election.
UML Chairman Oli has not made any public comment over the elections results that the party has faced defeat in most of the local bodies. However, he and his henchman had repeatedly been stating earlier that the UML would secure at least 70 percent seats in the local level election even if the ruling allies forged electoral alliance.
