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Nepali Congress has urged National Assembly Chairman  Narayan Prasad Dahal to immediately call a session of the upper house of the Federal Parliament. 

A team led by the Nepali Congress National Assembly Chief Whip Krishna Bahadur Rokaya today called on Chairman Dahal to inform him about the decision of the Congress Parliamentary Party and made this request.

National Assembly members Kamala Devi Pant, Kiran Babu Shrestha, Bishnu Sapkota and Padam Pariyar, among others, participated in the meeting.

Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party meeting held on December 25 had decided to urge the National Assembly Chair Dahal  to convene a session, stating that the House of Representatives, the lower house, was dissolved unconstitutionally amid the changed political situation in the country.

The party has demanded the immediate convening of a National Assembly session, saying such a meeting is necessary because the Assembly is the only active body within the sovereign federal parliament that represents the voice of the people.

The political parties contesting in the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives are required to submit their respective proportional representation (PR) list of candidates by today and tomorrow.

The Election Commission has stated that all preparations have been completed for the schedule for political parties to submit closed lists for the proportional election system.

The parties will have to submit their closed lists for the proportional election system to the Commission today and tomorrow, Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said. 

He said that the closed lists for the proportional election system submitted by the parties on December 28 and 29 will be validated from January 4.

Following the validation, the Commission will ask the parties to reconcile, if any, of the lists from January 5 to 11. Spokesperson Bhattarai said that the final list will be published on February 3.

A total of 100 political parties have registered to participate in the proportional representation (PR) election. 

Only political parties that have registered will be allowed to submit their lists of candidates for the closed list today and tomorrow.

Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane and Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah have reached a seven-point agreement on various issues in the lead up to the March 5 elections to the House of Representatives.

RSP President Lamichhane and Mayor Shah signed the agreement this morning. 

According to the agreement made public over the social media, the movement against corruption and bad governance waged by the youths shall be owned, and the demands of the injured and martyred families will be appropriately addressed. 

Similarly, it has been agreed that Rabi Lamichhane will remain the central president of the party while Balendra Shah will be the prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming House of Representatives elections. 

He will be the leader of the parliamentary party following the elections.

The name of the political party and its election symbol will be that of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, and the party's office in Kathmandu. 

Issues such as involving youth in the party's organizational structure have been included.

Furthermore, the updated structure of the party following the agreement shall be registered at the Election Commission, while a call shall be made to all alternative political forces to join the RSP.

A total of 18, 903, 689 voters will cast their ballots to elect  new members of the House of Representatives in the general elections scheduled for March 5. 

According to the final voter list published by the Election Commission, 9,663,358 men, 9,240,131 women and 200 other voters are eligible to vote in the elections. 

The final voter list has also been published on the commission's website.

Spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai shared that the commission has decided to publish the final voter list on Saturday in accordance with Section 20 of the Voter List Act, 2073. 

In the elections for members of the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly held in 2079 BS, the total number of voters was 17.9 million. 

As a result, the total number of voters in 2082 BS has increased by 0.915 million compared to 2079 BS. 

Likewise, a total of 23,112 polling booths have been determined across the country at 10,967 polling stations for voters whose names are included in the final voter list to vote. 

A total of 75 more polling stations have been determined in this election than the total number of polling stations in 2079 BS.