Ruling parties inching closer to conclusion on electoral coordination

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Apr. 19: The ruling parties have inched closer to an agreement on electoral coordination among them at the local levels, particularly the metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities.

According to Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, the meeting of the top leaders of the ruling alliance held today went positively and reached closer to a conclusion on seat sharing in the local level election slated for May 13.

The meeting held at the Prime Minister's official residence at Baluwatar went for four hours.

"The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and it went on for some hours. Views have been put forth from different angles and all the views have moved forward positively," said Minister Karki after the meeting.

The meeting was centered on six metropolitan cities and 11 sub-metropolitan cities.

Earlier, on Monday, it was reported that the ruling parties were close to agreement on the issues and that they were likely to make an agreement on Tuesday.