Kathmandu, March 7
The Nepali Congress will field a candidate in the upcoming elections, knowing all well that a victory for the party is next to impossible.
The Left Alliance has chosen Bidya Devi Bhandari as its candidate, and it has enough MPs in both the Houses to secure the post for her. However, the Nepali Congress is fielding its candidate in the election.
The party’s General Secretary Sashank Koirala says NC has chosen its candidate for the race to send a message that it does not back Bidya Devi Bhandari for President. He says that his party could have abstained from the elections if the Left Alliance had selected someone else for the position.
Koirala said that President Bhandari did not play the role of a ‘guardian’ during the nomination of National Assembly members. He was referring to the President’s decision to withhold the nomination of National Assembly members made by then Sher Bahadur Deuba government.
