By Our Reporter

CPN (Unified Socialist) chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal is facing challenges within the party after CIAA filed a corruption case against him and the Special Court released him on bail of Rs. 3.5 million.

Recently, party leader Ram Kumari Jhakri called for a change in the party’s leadership.

Addressing a Lumbini province gathering of the party's sister organisation, Youth Federation Nepal, Jhakri said that a constitutional crisis had emerged in the party leadership, necessitating a change.

"There is a crisis in the party. A crisis has arisen regarding the chairman himself. What do we do now? Now, we must move forward by reorganising the party. I’m not saying we should run away when a crisis arises. Let’s reorganise the party. How do we do it?" she said.

Jhakri pointed out that an early general convention could bring about a leadership change but emphasised that carrying a "carcass on one’s shoulders" was not feasible.

"Legally and constitutionally, the chairman is facing problems. Many other party members are also facing issues. Now, we cannot walk around carrying a carcass on our shoulders," she said.

She suggested that an early general convention would be a new point of departure for the party.

Jhankri was the same leader who firmly stood with Madhav Nepal before and after he broke the CPN-UML in 2021.