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 Rashtriya Janamorcha Durga Poudel informed that the meeting of the ruling coalition has commenced at Prime Minister’s residence, Baluwatar, to discuss the agenda of seat sharing among the coalition partners. Top leaders from CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajwadi 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 PM residence, 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 the first-past-the-post electoral system coming near.