Kathmandu, Nov. 3 -- Despite its pledge to increase organized membership to one million by the 11th General Convention, the CPN-UML has achieved only about 70 percent of its target. Four years ago, during the 10th General Convention held in Chitwan, the UML had more than 800,000 organized members when selecting representatives.

Over the past four years, around 130,000 cadres have failed to renew their party membership. As of now, the UML has a total of 667,630 organized members. This number will serve as the basis for selecting representatives for the upcoming 11th General Convention.

Two years ago, the then-organization department chief, Kashinath Adhikari, had announced that the party was committed to increasing its membership to one ...