KATHMANDU: The CPN-UML has called a meeting of its Central Secretariat to finalize candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5.
According to Meen Bahadur Shahi, coordinator of the party’s Publicity and Publication Department, the meeting will be held at the party’s central office on Saturday at 1 pm.
Ahead of the nomination schedule on Januray 20 for all 165 constituencies, the party is preparing to formally approve its candidate list. Candidates had already been recommended by UML’s constituency coordination committees, district committees, and provincial committees.
As per the recommendations, around 35 leaders, including party chairman KP Sharma Oli, have been unanimously proposed as candidates. With no election alliances decided yet, UML plans to field candidates under its Sun election symbol in all constituencies.
Shahi added that finalizing candidates on Saturday would allow nominees from distant constituencies to reach their election areas and complete nomination procedures on time. The previous Central Committee meeting had entrusted the Secretariat with the responsibility of finalizing candidates for the elections.
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