KATHMANDU: Ruling Nepali Congress (NC) is formulating parliamentary boards to select candidates for the upcoming local level elections.

The NC is making preparations to form the parliamentary boards in all 165 federal constituencies, 77 districts, seven provinces and the center in line with the party statute.

These boards to be formed at the various levels will reserve the right to select candidates for the fist-past-the-post elections.

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The NC has directed all the levels concerned to form the boards to this effect by March 29, informed General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma.

Clause 33 of the statue of Nepali Congress has laid down a provision regarding the formation of the parliamentary committee. The nomination of candidates has to be registered one month prior to the first-past-the-post elections according to Clause 33(1) of the statute.

The Election Commission has set the deadline April 25-26 for the filing of nominations. Given this deadline, NC has to form the parliamentary board to select the candidates before March 25.

The process to form the parliamentary boards are taking place in all the levels of the party, currently.
NC Bagmati Pradesh formed the board on Monday.

General Secretary Sharma has said the CC meeting to be held on March 25 will form central parliamentary board.

According to the party statute, central parliamentary committee has to select mayors and deputy mayors of metropolitan cities, province parliamentary committee is responsible to select mayors of municipalities and sub metropolitan cities, district parliamentary committee reserve right to select chiefs and deputy chiefs of rural municipalities and regional parliamentary committees under the House of Representatives have to select candidates for ward chairmen and members.