Political parties will submit their selected list of candidates under the Proportional Representation (PR) category to the Election Commission by Friday evening.

While many smaller parties have already submitted their lists to the EC, bigger parties including Maoists, Nepali Congress (NC) and Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) are yet to provide their list.

The Maoists have said they have almost finalised the list. “The names of 100
candidates have been almost finalised. We have now authorised the party headquarter (chairman) to ensure fulfillment of various quotas before submitting the same to the EC,” said Maoist spokesperson Krishna Bahadur Mahara.

The NC and UML, on the other hand, have said they are still engaged in internal homework to select their candidates.

The Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) has authorised its coordinator Upendra Yadav to finalise its list.

The Maoists have bagged 100 seats under PR while NC, UML and MJF have won 73, 70 and 22 seats, respectively.

The EC had asked the parties to provide the list by Friday. nepalnews.com sd May 02 08