Ghanashyam replaced Beduram as Unified Socialist general secretary, Beduram promoted to vice-chairperson

Ghanashyam Bhusal has been appointed as the general secretary of the CPN-Unified Socialist Party.

The secretariat meeting held on Sunday at the party office, decided to make Bhusal the general secretary.

Ther former CPN-UML leader Ghanashyam Bhusal had joined the CPN (Unified Socialist) on January 13. Prior to the November elections, Bhusal had quit the CPN-UML when denied the electoral ticket in Rupandehi-1. He contested the polls as an independent candidate but lost to UML’s Chhabilal Bishwakarma. Bhusal was elected to the House of Representatives from Rupandehi-3 in the 2017 elections but was denied a ticket this time by UML chair KP Sharma Oli.

He was the UML’s deputy general secretary. He also served as the Agriculture minister in the Oli-led Cabinet in 2019.

Similarly, Beduram Bhusal who was holding the position has been promoted to vice-chairperson of the party.