Nepali Congress lawmaker Pushpa Bhusal filed her candidacy for the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from the ruling coalition.

She reached the Parliament building in New Baneshwor this afternoon and filed her candidacy.

CPN (Maoist Centre) Chief Whip Dev Gurung proposed Bhusal’s nomination while Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary of the CPN (Unified Socialist) seconded the candidacy.

The list of the candidates will be published at 1 pm today.

Voting for the election of Deputy Speaker will be held at 3 pm tomorrow.