Kathmandu, May 10: The two-day 17th meeting of the cpn-uml central committee has strongly denoucned the killing of Nepalese in the North-East India and demanded that His Majesty’s Government initiate diplomatic steps to stop such incidents of violence and murder.

The meeting also demanded that the government hold talks with India to resolve the problems arising out of the Rapti Dam constructed unilaterally by India which is some 300 m South West of Indo-Nepal border in Banke district and the 22-km embankment which is likely to submerge thousands of hectares of land and displace thousands of people.

The meeting seriously discussed a political report presented by general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal.

The committee also decided to further postpone the nomination of party president as a token of respect to the late president Manmohan Adhikari.

The nomination was initially postponed for one year.

An election department has also been formed with central committee member K. P. Sharma Oli as its head.

The meeting also designated central members Bharat Mohan Adhikari as chief of the economic department and industrial entrepreneurship department, Bishnu Rimal as chief of social service department, Pradip Gyawali as secretary of the party school and health department, Surendra Pandey as in-charge of students portfolio and Yubaraj Karki as in-charge of engineering section.

Similarly, Ghanendra Basnet has been designated as in-charge of private school portfolio, Mahendra Raya as in-charge of community portfolio, Ram Chandra Jha as in-charge of Janakpur Zone, Bhim Acharya as central office secretary and Bishnu Prasad Paudel as Lumbini Zone in-charge.