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CPN-UML leaders held a meeting with CPN (Unified Socialist) party Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal at the latter’s party office in Aloknagar on Thursday to discuss the presidential election. Presidential candidate UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang, Vice-Chairman Bishnu Paudel, Deputy General Secretary Prithvi Subba Gurung, Raghubir Mahaseth and Bimala Rai had reached CPN (US)'s party office this morning to meeting Nepal. On the occasion, UML leaders urged Nepal to support Nembang in the presidential election. CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal, Vice-Chairman Prakash Hamal, General Secretary Beduram Bhusal and Deputy General Secretary Prakash Jwala among others were present in the meeting. The presidential election is scheduled for March 9. Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel from the new alliance and UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang have filed their nominations for the election. The CPN (Unified Socialist), however, has decided to support Congress leader Paudel in the presidential election.  

The Koshi Province government has announced a public holiday in the province on Thursday to celebrate the naming of the province. The Internal Affairs and Law Ministry on the recommendation of the Cabinet meeting decided to grant a public holiday today. A meeting of the Province Assembly held on Wednesday decided to name Province 1 as Koshi Province. The name proposed by the CPN-UML was endorsed by a majority. Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre), and Rastriya Prajatantra Party lawmakers voted in the favour of the proposal to name Province 1 as Koshi Province. Earlier, the CPN (Unified Socialist) and the Janata Samajbadi Party had demanded that the province be named Kirat-Limbuwan-Sagarmatha.

The meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) scheduled for today has been postponed till March 19. The meeting scheduled to take place at 1 pm today has been put off till March 19, according to the Parliament Secretariat. Issuing a notice on Wednesday, Parliament Secretariat Secretary General Dr Bharat Raj Gautam said, “The meeting of the House of Representatives scheduled for 1 pm on March 1 has been postponed owing to special reasons and has been rescheduled for 1 pm on March 19." The meeting will take place after the presidential and vice-presidential election. The presidential election has been scheduled for March 9 and the vice-presidential election for March 17.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will seek a confidence motion only after the presidential and vice-presidential election. Prime Minister Dahal will seek a vote of confidence after the election as the Parliament meeting has been scheduled for March 19 and the code of conduct for the election to the post of President and Vice-President has also come into effect. CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker Madhav Sapkota said that the Prime Minister will take a vote of confidence after the presidential and vice-presidential election. “The election code of conduct has already come into effect. It has been said that Prime Minister Dahal will seek a vote of confidence after the election as the Parliament meeting has been called for March 19,” he said. The presidential election has been scheduled for March 9 and the vice-presidential election for March 17. The CPN-UML, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and the Rastriya Swatantra Party have already pulled out of the Dahal-led government. Prime Minister Dahal is seeking a vote of confidence again as the parties who gave him a vote of confidence have already left the government. The UML and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party have also withdrawn the support extended to the government while the Rastriya Swatantra Party has continued its support. A new eight-party alliance has been formed prior to the presidential election. Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center), Janata Samajbadi Party, Democratic Socialist Party, Nepal Janamat Party, Nagarik Unmukti Party and Rastriya Janamorcha Party are in the coalition.