Kathmandu: Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairperson KP Sharma Oli has said that former President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s party membership will not be renewed.

Speaking at a party program held in Chyasal on Friday, Oli clarified that since Bhandari had renounced her party membership to become president, it cannot be renewed now. He reiterated that the allegation of him revoking her membership was false. Referring to Bhandari’s claim of having receipts for renewal, Oli remarked that merely misleading staff into issuing receipts does not validate membership renewal.

According to him, Bhandari has been gathering election losers and dissatisfied members to form a faction within the party. He said it was unimaginable for someone who had already served as president twice to create problems inside the party. He also accused her of organizing gatherings against the party in the name of celebrating Madan Bhandari’s birthday, while siding with discontented groups.

Oli stated, “Those who are always dissatisfied with the party, who never speak in its favor, and those who have lost elections in various party organizations are being gathered to form a crowd of disgruntled people.”