Secretariat member Bam Dev Gautam has been appointed the vice-chairman of ruling CPN.
He has become the party vice-chairman after the statute amendment proposal and organizational report presented by General Secretary Bishnu Paudel was endorsed by the central committee on Sunday.
The party's standing committee meeting on December 22 had endorsed the proposal to make Gautam the party vice-chairman. The standing committee meeting had endorsed General Secretary Bishnu Paudel's proposal to amend the party statute to create the position of vice-chairman.
Chairman duo KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal during the secretariat meeting on August 6 had proposed to make Gautam the vice-chairman.