Formation of Foreign Department of the Maoist Center including former Ambassador Poudel and Maskey
KATHMANDU: OCT. 5 – The UCPN-M has formed a 31-member foreign affairs department under the chairmanship of Surendra Karki (Ram Karki). The department has been formed by including the former chief secretary and former ambassadors of Nepal to China Leela Mani Paudyal and Dr. Mahesh Maskey.
The committee headed by Suresh Ale Magar has former ambassadors Lucky Sherpa, Padam Sundas, Mahendra Singh, Rishi Ram Adhikari, Yuvanath Lamsal and Ram Mani Pokhrel among others.
Similar members include Sudan Kiranti, Jokh Bahadur Mahara, Om Sharma, Bimal Adhikari, Rupak Sapkota, Pramod Jaiswal, Sunil Poudel, Aman Shrestha, Pradeep Pariyar, Indra Bhattarai, Kalyani Shah, Prakash Babu Poudel, LB Thapa, Ravi Mohan Kopila, Shyam Kumar Shrestha, TB Pathak, Pushpa Neupane, Yanknath Aryal, Balu Gaire, Babulal Pun and Shiv Singh Oli are the members.