I will step down from leadership if Central Committee orders me: Oli

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli stressed on the need for strong unity within the party during difficult and adverse situations.

Inaugurating the party's 10th Central Committee meeting meeting at Rambagh Palace in Bhanimandal, Lalitpur, today, he clarified that the CPN-UML is a party which is not one that drifts wherever the wind blows.

The UML Chair and former Prime Minister Oli said that the UML continuously works for patriotism, nationalism, development and social justice, urging all parties to unite in the national interest in the current situation.

"If the party's Central Committee tells and orders me, I am ready to step down from leadership happily. But I will not leave the country neglected in a difficult situation. It is not Facebook that decides whether I should resign as the party chairperson; it is the Committee that decides. Whenever the Committee says so, I am ready to step down from leadership very happily. No member of this Committee should go outside chasing populism," party Chairman Oli said.

Chairman Oli also called on the leaders and workers of the CPN (Unified Socialist) to return to the UML.

Oli is currently presenting the contemporary political report in the meeting. The meeting will continue until October 17.