KATHMANDU: The ruling five-party alliance is scheduled to hold a joint rally in Bharatpur on Thursday.
CPN-Maoist Center Chitwan Coordinator Ram Chandra Adhikari said that the rally to be held at Hakim Chowk in Bharatpur would be addressed by the top leaders of ruling alliance.
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and CPN-Unified Socialist Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, among others, are to address the gathering.
Besides the three former prime ministers, senior NC leader Ram Chandra Poudel, General Secretary Gagan Thapa, leader Shekhar Koirala, leaders of Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janarmarcha will also address the rally.
Prachanda’s daughter Renu Dahal is the common candidate of the ruling coalition in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.
The ruling coalition and the opposition CPN-UML have been regarding Bharatpur metropolis as a prestige issue and striving their best seal victory over there.
However, ruling alliance dreads former NC lawmaker Jagannath Poudel’s independent candidacy in the metropolis.
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