Kathmandu : The CPN-UML nominated 17 new individuals as central committee members on Thursday.

The decision was made during a party secretariat meeting, which also included the introduction of two new members to the Standing Committee and a reshuffling of the provincial leadership.

The newly appointed Central Committee members are:

Subas Karmacharya (Sindhupalchok)

Kundan Kushwaha (Rautahat)

Jitendra Dev (Saptari)

Rampreet Paswan (Siraha)

Krishnabhakta Pokharel (Chitwan)

Kamalkrishna Timilsina (Achham)

Gobinda Pun (Salyan)

Kedar Sigdel (Tanahun)

Manmohan Paudel (Parbat)

Hardev Joshi (Darchula)

Hari Upreti (Sarlahi)

Indra Bhandari (Jhapa)

Mahesh Bartaula (Makwanpur)

Sarita Bhusal

Prabha Baral (Kaski)

Manju Sharma Chalise (Baglung)

Asha Javegu (Panchthar)