KATHMANDU: The task force of the five-party alliance is likely to finalize the allocation of seats for the November 20 elections by Wednesday evening.
If Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda’s statement is to be considered, discussions were underway to finalize the seat allocation within Wednesday
“The allocation of seats would be done in such a way that it would be acceptable to all the parties in the ruling alliance,” Prachanda said on Tuesday.
Prachanda said the distribution of seats would do justice to all the parties.
According to him, although seats would not be allocated as per the demand in the alliance, they would be distributed in such a way that the existence of all is accepted.
Even though the Nepali Congress (NC) initially claimed 100 seats, it has agreed to maintain flexibility.
Likewise, the Maoist Center had claimed 60 seats, Unified Socialist 25 seats and Janata Samajbadi 25 seats.
The task force is led by Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula. Other members include NC General Secretary Gagan Thapa, Minister of Communication and Information Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki; and Maoist Center leaders Dev Gurung and Barshman Pun.
Likewise, Vice President Pramesh Hamal and General Secretary Beduram Bhusal from Unified Socialist, leaders Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav and Rakam Chemjong from Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal and leaders Himlal Puri and Anand Sharma from Rastriya Janamorcha are members of the task force.
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