Senior leaders of three major political parties held a discussion on the by-elections to be held on April 28.

During a meeting held on Monday morning, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal discussed fielding candidates for the by-elections.

On the occasion, CPN (US) Chairman Nepal informed that the party will field its candidate for the by-election in Bajhang.

Saying that discussions are underway between the CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist) to field a candidate in Ilam, Nepal clarified that no one can stop the party from fielding its candidate in Bajhang.

CPN-UML has already made a decision to field Suhang Nembang in Ilam-2 and Daman Bhandari in Province Assembly-1 of Bajhang.

Other parties have not finalized the candidates for the by-elections yet.