UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has described former President Bidya Devi Bhandari as a cadre he has 'groomed', saying that it is not possible for her to win the upcoming general convention if she contests. He has asked, 'How many, 25-30 percent votes will she bring to the party?'

In a detailed interview with Kantipur, he sharply analyzed the former president and said that Bhandari should not return to party politics, saying, 'She has not applied for membership. It is not a matter of prestige. If she applies, will the party consider whether to allow her to return to the party and work in active politics? One misconception is that she should not think that after becoming president, she will come back and become the president. Another, she has not been in party work for 10 years. And can she be called the most 'experienced'?' He commented that Bhandari is not even the ideological successor of former President Madan Bhandari. He said, 'She is Madan Bhandari's wife. She is not an ideological successor. There is no father, brother, wife, or child as an ideological successor. When leaders from different countries try to make their own family members their successors, it seems that the weakness of the movement, organization, and party is the same. Nepotism should be free from nepotism.' He has also made his opinion public on the efforts made by Bhandari to return to the party. He commented sarcastically on the steps taken by Bhandari to return to party politics, saying, 'The party sent him to a prestigious position like the president. Even if he returns to the party, without consulting him, will he come from afar, like a Dhami, with a jhuljang, jhuljang, jhuljang, and with a jhuljang, saying, 'I came from the president, leave the place, leave the place, I will be the chairman, leave the place'? There is a way, and he will come.' He has also expressed his opinion on Bhandari's nomination of candidates in the upcoming convention. He accused former President Bhandari of presenting himself in a party-divisive style, saying, 'When he comes, he will not come here with a whirlwind of problems. When he comes, he will come in a parental manner, if there is a problem, he will come to solve it. And when he comes, he will not come in a divisive manner, saying, "I will defeat you, I will do this, I will do that." If you don't give me a candidate, I will field one, like Shivaji raised Nandi Bhringi from his hair. If you don't give me a candidate, I will remove him.'