Ruling coalition meeting begins in Baluwatar

KATHMANDU: A meeting of the ruling coalition has begun to finalize seats sharing in the elections to the members of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly scheduled for November 20.

Vice-Chairperson of Rastriya Janamorcha Durga Poudel said that the meeting of the ruling coalition has commenced at Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar to discuss the agenda of seats sharing among the coalition partners.

Top leaders from the CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal and Janamorcha are also attending the meeting.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba initiated the meeting.

Likewise, a separate meeting of the NC office-bearers is also taking place at the PM residence in Baluwatar for internal discussion of the party.

The political parties have stepped up their discussions with the scheduled day for finalizing the closed list of Proportional Representation (PR) and filing candidacy for first-past-the-post electoral system coming near. RSS