Ghanshyam Bhusal, who had quit the CPN-UML, has announced that he will contest the upcoming election to the House of Representatives as an independent candidate from Rupandehi-1. Organizing a press conference at his residence in Madigram, Rupandehi on Sunday morning, he said that he will contest the forthcoming parliamentary election as an independent candidate with the support of the ruling coalition. Bhusal said that he will be supported by the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist) in the election.

“After I quit the party, Maoist Center Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal had told me to contest the election under this party’s election symbol. But I said that I will contest the election independently,” Bhusal said, adding, “Later, Dahal said that he should talk to the Prime Minister and Madhav Nepal in the coalition and at midnight they decided to support me.”

He said that he has decided to file his nomination as a common candidate of the ruling coalition. Bhusal, who was elected as a lawmaker from Rupandehi-3 in the 2017 elections, quit the party after Chairman KP Sharma Oli refused to give him ticket this time.