Lumbini, Aug 28: CPN (UML) secretary and Lumbini Province in-charge Padma Aryal today said the UML was at work to strengthen federalism, a ‘means’ to establish rights of people. Saying that the UML has not reached a conclusion of reviewing federal structure, she said the party is clear on federalism.

In a discussion with editors of various news media on the matter of the party’s first convention, Lumbini Province, scheduled for coming September 2-3 in Butwal, the leader claimed that there was not any groupism taking place in the convention while expressing the hope that a right and efficient leadership would be born from the meeting.

The gathering would possibly unanimously pick a new leadership or through a healthy competition, she said. UML Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to inaugurate the convention, said the party province chair Radha Krishna Kandel. A total of 1,400 representatives from 12 districts of the province have been selected for the meeting, it has been said.