A meeting of eight political parties in the ruling coalition has directed their lawmakers to reach Kathmandu by Wednesday.

The meeting held at the office of the Congress Parliamentary Party in Singhadurbar directed the lawmakers to reach Kathmandu by 11 am tomorrow, Janata Samajbadi Party leader Rajendra Shrestha said.

House of Representatives, National Assembly and Province Assembly lawmakers have to reach Kathmandu by tomorrow.

Talking to journalists after the meeting, Nepali Congress Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka said that the meeting focused on the presidential election and strengthening the alliance.

The election has been scheduled for March 9.

The eight parties have fielded Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel as their common candidate while CPN-UML has made its leader Subash Chandra Nembang the presidential candidate.