Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli held a meeting in Baluwatar on Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed contemporary political issues. A Baluatar source said that the duo discussed election of President and Vice-President, expansion of Cabinet in provinces and by-election of National Assembly among others.

Kumar Dasaudi and Madhav Prasad Achaya of the UML and the Nepali Congress have filed their candidacies for the by-election of National Assembly respectively.