Kathmandu, Nov. 21 -- UML Senior Vice-chair Ishwar Pokhrel has formally announced his claim to the party chair.

The UML convened a Secretariat meeting at the party office in Chyasal on Thursday, for the first time since the Gen Z uprising in early September. The party office was set on fire during the protest.

The party's 50th Secretariat meeting discussed preparations for the party's 11th National General Convention to be held on December 13-15, as well as the demonstrations planned for November 22 in Kathmandu among other issues.

The UML has been saying that it will exert pressure both through the streets and the court for the reinstatement of the House of Representatives which was dissolved days after the September 8-9 revolt ousted...