Kathmandu, Nepal, August 9, 2022:Nepali Congress (NC) leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula has been picked as the coordinator of a taskforce formed to propose seat distribution among ruling coalition partners in the upcoming elections.
The first meeting of the taskforce held on Monday unanimously decided to pick Former NC General Secretary Sitaula as the coordinator of the task force. The taskforce is tasked to outline election alliance modality in upcoming general election. Kesharaj Joshi is named as the secretary of the taskforce.
The ruling allies had already formed the 11-member task force comprising representatives from five coalition partners that include general secretary Gagan Thapa, Minister for Communications and Information Technology and leader Gyanendra Bahadur Karki including Sitaula from the NC.
Among other members in the taskforce include as Barshaman Pun and Dev Gurung from the CPN (Maoist Center); vice-chairperson Pramesh Hamal and general secretary Beduram Bhusal from CPN (Unified Socialist), Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav and Rakam Chemjong from the Janata Samajwadi Party and Himlal Puri and Ananda Sharma from the Rastriya Janamorcha.
