KATHMANDU: The ruling five-party alliance has decided to form a coordination committee for the election campaign and management of the upcoming National Assembly elections.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the ruling five-party high-level mechanism held at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday.

According to Beduram Bhusal, General Secretary of the CPN (Unified Socialist Party), the meeting discussed the election of National Assembly members and decided to form a coordination committee comprising representatives of all the five parties in each of the seven states.

The ruling coalition has already registered the nomination papers of the common candidate in that election.