CPN-UML senior Vice Chairman Ishwor Pokharel has been appointed the party's Acting Chair.  

He took charge of the party's Acting Chair with party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli leaving for Turkmenistan last night.

Prime Minister Oli left for Turkmenistan to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

Chairman Oli assigned the party's senior Vice Chairman as the acting Chairman in accordance with Article 21 (2) of the UML Statute, Chief of UML's Publicity Department Rajendra Gautam said. 

Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to return home on Friday night.