KATHMANDU: Ruling Nepali Congress (NC) is holding a meeting of the party’s central committee today.

The party is set to formulate parliamentary boards to select candidates for the upcoming local level elections.

The NC is also 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 first-past-the-post elections.

The NC has already 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 party statute 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 of 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 at all levels of the party.

General Secretary Sharma has said the CC meeting to be held today will form a central parliamentary board.