Nepali Congress parliamentary committee meeting underway
Kathmandu,
Apr 30 (ANI): As the deadline for submitting the names of the
representatives for the Proportional Representation (PR) nears, Nepali
Congress (NC) parliamentary committee meeting to finalise the list of
the nominees for Constituent Assembly (CA) is underway at the Prime
Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar here on Wednesday.
According
to Kantipur, despite extensive talks, the committee was unable to
finalise the list of the nominees and the party’s central committee
(CC) meeting has been deferred for tomorrow.
The
final name list will be submitted to the Election Commission (EC) after
the party’s CC sanctions the parliamentary committee’s recommendations.
The party’s
parliamentary committee consists of PM Girija Prasad Koirala, who is
also the NC president, senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba, acting
president Sushil Koirala, party’s vice presidents and other leaders.
NC won 73 seats under PR system but was able to secure only 37 seats under First- Past –the-Post system.
The EC has set the deadline for the submission of official closed list of PR candidates for Friday. (ANI)