Kathmandu, Dec. 15 -- UML chair KP Sharma Oli has done it again. He has made changes in the party statute to serve his interest, three months after a statute convention framed it, despite strong objection by leaders from the dissident camp.

A central committee meeting on Sunday passed a proposal to increase the number of the party's office bearers from 15 to 19, and it was subsequently endorsed by a meeting attended by over 2,200 general convention delegates gathered in Kathmandu from across the country.

The party's statute convention, held especially to make changes in party policies, had decided to cut down the positions of office bearers from 19 to 15 in the first week of September.

Under pressure to manage dozens of his trusted lie...