SURKHET: Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has said that the seat-sharing among the five-ruling parties will be done in such a way that no party will be disappointed.
Prachanda, who reached Surkhet on Friday morning to address a program, said that the parties are close to an agreement on the allocation of seats for the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives and State Assembly.
“We are also discussing to finalize the seats in the province as well,” he said.
He added that the leaders of the ruling alliance will hold a discussion on seat sharing today as well while dismissing reports of “disagreement” within the alliance.
It should be noted that the ruling coalition has agreed to hold internal discussions within their respective parties for two days and then decide the seat allocation through a meeting of the task force and top leaders.
A meeting of the five-party ruling alliance held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday agreed to hold internal discussions on seat-sharing.
According to a member of the task force, Nepali Congress (NC), which was claiming 100 seats, has maintained flexibility to reduce some seats.
NC, the major party in the five-party ruling coalition, has agreed to reduce the number of seats in the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives (HoR).
This means that out of the 165 seats, NC is leaving 89 seats for other partners in the alliance and has agreed on 86 seats for the party.
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