The CPN-UML is holding a meeting of its Secretariat today to finalize candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives election.

The meeting has been scheduled for 1 pm. Party leaders said the meeting has been called to decide candidates as the election schedule sets Magh 6 for candidate nominations in all 165 constituencies.

The party’s constituency coordination committees, district committees, and provincial committees have already recommended candidates. Based on these recommendations, the names of around 35 leaders, including party chair KP Sharma Oli, have been unanimously proposed so far.

As the party has not yet decided to form an electoral alliance with any other party, the UML is expected to field candidates with the party’s own election symbol in all constituencies.

Earlier, the Central Committee had decided to authorize the Secretariat to finalize candidates for the election.