It has been agreed to coordinate the elections between the ruling coalition parties in the upcoming House of Representatives and State Assembly elections. The meeting between the top leaders of the coalition parties held today has informed us that according to the agreement, the seat distribution will be finalized by the end of August.

Today’s meeting of the ruling alliance held at Baluwatar, the official residence of the Prime Minister, has also constituted an 11-member committee to decide the issue of seat distribution. Krishna Sitaula, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and Gagan Thapa of Congress are in the committee, while Dev Gurung and Barshman Pun from CPN-Maoist Center are in the committee. Similarly, Vice President Pramesh Hamal and General Secretary Beduram Bhusal from Ekikrit Samajwadi Party, Rakam Chemjong and Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav from Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and Himlal Puri and Anand Sharma from Rashtriya Jan Morcha are in the committee.

The committee has been given the responsibility to submit a report along with the decision on seat distribution within the end of August.