Electoral alliances will be forged as per party statute: Mahat

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress spokesperson  Prakash Saran Mahat said that the party will forge electoral alliances by using the rights given by the statute.

He said so during a press conference organised in the Capital on Tuesday.

Leader Mahat said that forging alliances in the local level elections is not as easy as national elections.

He further said that the issue of forging electoral alliances will be resolved as per the decision of the party.

“The Central Committee will make the decision on the issue. The main thing is that the committee will make a decision on forging electoral alliances with the parties affiliated to the coalition as per the need,” he said.

As per the party statute,  the Central Committee will distribute tickets to metropolitan cities, Province Committee to sub-metropolitan cities and municipalities, District Committee to rural municipalities and House of Representatives Election Constituency Committee to wards.

CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist) and Janata Samajbadi party have been saying that the seats should be distributed from the centre.