In Nepal , voting for the Prime Minister will take place on 28th of this month, Speaker Subash Chandra Nembang made the formal announcement in the Parliament Thursday afternoon. The meeting of Business Advisory Committee of the Parliament on Thursday decided to hold the first round of the elections this Sunday. Filing of nomination will be open from 10 am to 4pm on Friday.The Nepali Congress has nominated it’s party Parliamentary leader Ram Chandra Poudel as their candidate for the post of the Prime Minister, while the UCPN (Maoist) has forwarded the Party Vice Chairman Baburam Bhattarai as their candidate.In a bid to get the other parties to support their candidate, the Nepali Congress on Thursday held a meeting with the CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal while the UCPN (maoist) has come up with a proposal on peace, constitutional drafting and government formation to convince other parties for it’s leadership. .
News On AIR | August 25, 2011 10:03 PM
Voting for Nepal’s PM post to be held on 28th Aug