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The government and major political parties in the country have reached an agreement on creating an environment conducive for the upcoming March 5 elections to the House of Representatives.

The agreement was reached during a discussion held at the call of President Ram Chandra Paudel at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Sheetal Niwas, on Tuesday afternoon, between Prime Minister Sushila Karki, Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, and Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) Coordinator and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

According to the President's Press Advisor Kiran Pokharel, an agreement has also been reached to hold detailed discussions later to create an environment for elections. 

"The election has been announced to provide a solution to the serious and sensitive situation in the country. Keeping this seriousness in mind, it is the responsibility of all of us to make the elections successful," Press Advisor Pokharel quoted President Paudel as having said in the meeting.

On the occasion, President Paudel also urged the top leaders of the three major political parties, including the Prime Minister, to make the upcoming House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5 a success. 

Elections are the only suitable option to resolve the current complex circumstances facing the country.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki, and top guns of three major political parties jointly called on President Ram Chandra Paudel today.

PM Karki, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal are holding the meeting with the Head of the State, according to the President's secretariat.

It is the first time that the top leaders and PM Karki held a joint meeting with the President after the September 8-9 Gen Z movement.

They are discussing the current political situation including the March 5 election.

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song paid a farewell call on President Ram Chandra Paudel today.

During the meeting held at Sheetal Niwas, they discussed the matters of Nepal-China relations and mutual welfare and interest, according to the Office of the President. 

President Paudel thanked Ambassador Chen for successfully completing his term.

Any individual receiving wages from the institutions run under the grants of federal, province and local governments shall be ineligible if s/he is named as a candidate in the closed list of the political parties under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system in the forthcoming House of Representatives (HoR) elections scheduled for March 5.

As per the House of Representatives Member Election (First Amendment) Guidelines-2082, anyone charged with corruption, rape, human trafficking and smuggling, drug smuggling, money laundering, passport misuse and abduction will also be declared ineligible to become candidates in the poll. Likewise, the candidacy of those individuals sentenced on different charges shall be termed invalid if two years have not passed after the sentence, the new amendment to the election laws stated.

Furthermore, the candidacy shall be terminated if the individuals named in the closed list of the political parties were convicted of criminal offenses or if they have been sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for 20 years, and the verdict was final.