KATHMANDU, July 20: Five forms for the candidacy of prime minister were taken by four political parties on Tuesday.
Maoist leaders, Laxman Ghimire on behalf of Nepali Congress, Rabindra Adhikari on behalf of CPN UML, Keshav Mainaly on behalf of Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party and Bishwendra Paswan on behalf of Dalit Janajati Party took the forms. [break]
The candidacy for the PM election has to be filed by 5 p.m. Tuesday. The election has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Once the candidates file their nominations, the parliament secretariat will make public the final list of candidates at 5:30 pm. The parliament began the process of election of new prime minister on majority basis as per clause 38.2 of the interim constitution after the political parties failed to form a consensus government.
There are 599 members in the 601-member parliament as the membership of Matrika Yadav and Jagat Prasad Yadav, who were elected from the UCPN-Maoist, has been suspended.
Any candidate will need 300 votes to get elected to the post of prime minister. Ifg no candidate can secure a majority vote in the first round, the top two candidates will go into a second round of voting.
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