POKHARA: The election for Speaker of Gandaki Province is taking place today.
The ruling coalition has fielded Krishna Prasad Dhital of Maoist Center as the candidate for the Speaker of Gandaki Province.
A meeting of the Maoist Center Gandaki Provincial Assembly Parliamentary Party held on Friday evening decided to field Dhital as the candidate of the Speaker.
The ruling parties have decided that the post of the Speaker will go to the Maoist Center while Khagaraj Adhikari of CPN-UML has already been appointed as the Chief Minister of Gandaki Province.
The Gandaki Province Assembly has 60 members, including 27 from Nepali Congress, 22 from CPN-UML, 8 from Maoist Center, two from RPP and one independent.
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