Jha threatens to quit UCPN (Maoist)

KATHMANDU, JUN 29 - Barely three months after joining from CPN-UML , UCPN (Maoist) Central Committee (CC) member Ram Chandra Jha has announced to quit the Maoist party too if he was not elevated to the level of UCPN (M) office bearer.

Speaking to BBC Nepal Sewa on Friday, Jha announced to quit the party expressing dissatisfaction over Chairman Puspa Kamal Dahal's proposal to elevate him the party Standing Committee (SC). 'I will not remain active in politics. I will stay quiet and resign from the CC," he said. Office bearer, also known as party headquarter, is a powerful portfolio in the UCPN (Maoist).

Jha revealed that the party had agreed to appoint him in the office bearer if its size expanded beyond five. "I was told that I would be selected in the SC if only five members were selected in the office bearer. However, if that number exceeded beyond five, they had assured me to induct in the office bearer," Jha said. "But the chairman had proposed for nine-member office bearer and proposed my name in the SC. I am not satisfied by this decision," Jha said.

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