The ruling coalition has decided to immediately scrap the alliances forged with other parties.

A meeting chaired by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday also decided to immediately withdraw the candidacies registered from the ruling coalition against the agreement.

“The alliance has decided to immediately withdraw the nominations filed from the ruling coalition against the agreement in the mayoral and deputy mayoral posts of six metropolitan cities and 11 sub-metropolitan cities,” read a statement issued after the meeting.

The meeting has also decided that the concerned parties will immediately take action against the rebel candidates if they refused to withdraw from electoral race.