Kathmandu, Nov. 19 (PTI): Nepal will hold national and provincial elections on Sunday which the Nepali Congress-led ruling coalition is expected to win but
At least six persons were killed when a powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted the remote mountainous region of western Nepal early Wednesday, close to where Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was campaigning for the upcoming elections.
Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday sacked four ministers representing the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), which left the ruling coalition last week after joining hands with the opposition CPN-UML for the upcoming polls.
Candidates from various political parties as well as independents have filed their nomination papers under the first-past-the-post FPTP category as the Election Commission fixed date for filing candidacy concluded on Sunday.Various candidates have filed their nominations for the 165 seats of the House of Representatives and 330 of the provincial assemblies, according to the Election Commission sources.Top leaders of various political parties, including Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and main opposition leader K P Sharma Oli, have registered their nominations for the upcoming polls.
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