Maoist Center to field Narayan Dahal as candidate for National Assembly chair

CPN (Maoist Center) has decided to field Narayan Dahal as its candidate for National Assembly chair.

Deputy General Secretary of Maoist Center Barsha Man Pun, who is also the finance minister, said that a meeting of Maoist office-bearers held at the prime minister’s residence in Baluwatar on Sunday decided to field Dahal, who is first cousin of Maoist Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, as the party’s candidate for National Assembly chair.