Nepal, June 26 -- UML has begun preparations for its second National Statute Convention with the party's Secretariat meeting on Wednesday deciding to hold the Statute Convention in September first week.

A UML leader said that the meeting assigned responsibilities to three leaders, including party chair KP Sharma Oli, to expedite the preparations for the convention.

The meeting entrusted Oli with the task of presenting the political report, Vice-chair Bishnu Poudel with drafting the statute amendment proposal, and General Secretary Shankar Pokharel with preparing the organisational proposal.

The issue of age limit for office bearers is taken as a major agenda to be decided by the convention.

Party secretary Padma Aryal stated that a re...