PR list submission deadline to end today
KATHMANDU, DEC 30 - With the extended deadline to submit the parties' list of candidates under the Proportional Representation ( PR ) category in the Election Commission ending this evening, major political parties Nepali Congress and UCPN (Maoist) have not tabled the name lists of their PR candidates 3:30 this afternoon.
A parliamentary board meeting and central committee meeting of Nepali Congress expected to finalise the names had not convened till 1 pm.
Likewise, the central committee of the UCPN (Maoist) has entrusted the party headquarters--Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and leaders Baburam Bhattarai, Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Post Bahadur Bogati--with the responsibility to pick the names of PR candidates.
NC had won 91 seats while UCPN (Maoist) had secured 54 seats under the PR system in the Constituent Assembly election.
Meanwhile, Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party has submitted the PR candidates list at the EC today. TMLP had won seven seats under the PR category. The party, however, has not made public the names.
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