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The CPN-UML has finalized its candidates for the National Assembly elections.

The UML has decided to field Roshni Meche, Prem Dangal, Samjhana Devkota, Ramkumari Jhankri, Mina Rakhal, Leela Bhandari and Som Portel as National Assembly candidates for the elections to be held on January 25.

Jhakri, who left the CPN (Unified Socialist) and joined the UML shortly before its 11^th General Convention, was elected as a central member at the convention.

A UML official said that any change in the agreement between the parties could lead to a revision of the candidate list.

The Nepali Congress, UML, and Nepali Communist Party have formally decided to forge an alliance in the National Assembly elections which will fill 18 seats.

The Congress and UML have also reached an agreement on the number of seats. They have divided seven seats each.

The Nepali Communist Party has been given three seats and the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal has been given one seat.

However, Pushpa Kamal Dahal of Nepali Communist Party has expressed his dissatisfaction with the number of seats.

The nomination of candidates for the election of National Assembly (NA) members is taking place from across the country today.

The Election Commission is holding an election to the NA members on January 25. 

A total of 18 posts of NA members are lying vacant currently. 

Earlier, a voter list for the NA election was published on January 3. 

As there was no objection filed on the voters' list, the final list of voters to the NA member election was published on Tuesday. 

The Election Commission informed that nomination filing takes place from 10 am to 3 pm today. 

Nepali Congress (NC) has decided to forge alliance with other political parties in the National Assembly election to be held on January 25. 

A meeting of the NC Central Work Execution Committee today took the decision to this effect, informed party chief-secretary Krishna Prasad Paudel. 

In today's meeting, general secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa, assistant general secretaries, Farmullah Mansoor and Jeewan Pariyar gave their opinion. 

Paudel informed that the committee's meeting will resume at 9 am on Wednesday.

Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala has said that the Central Committee should convene the party's special general convention on the basis of consensus.

During the meeting with party leaders today, leader Koirala mentioned that it would be appropriate to call the special general convention after January 20 by holding intra party discussions.

It would be acceptable if the Central Committee called the special general convention addressing the sentiments of all, he argued, adding he is active for this purpose. 

The NC leader opined that the NC should not make an alliance in the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives. 

Leaders—Chinkaji Shrestha, Dila Sangraula, Ram Janam Chaudhary, Uday Shumsher Rana, Arjun Joshi, among other Central Committee members had reached the contact office of leader Koirala.