Rastriya Swatantra Party lawmaker Indira Rana Magar filed her candidacy for deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. A Parliamentary Party meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party held on Friday decided to field Magar for the post of deputy Speaker. Sobhita Gautam proposed her candidacy while Krishna Gopal Shrestha of the CPN-UML, Narayani Sharma of the CPN (Maoist Center) and Rajendra Lingden of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party seconded the proposal.

The list of the candidates will be published today itself.

The election will be held in the meeting of the Parliament on Saturday. The meeting has been called for 1 pm tomorrow. Earlier on Thursday, Devraj Ghimire was elected as the Speaker.