NC issues whip to vote against proposal to make Dang Province 5 capital

Nepali Congress (NC) has issued a whip instructing its lawmakers to vote against the proposal to make Rapti Valley the capital of Province 5 on Tuesday. The main opposition party is in favor of continuing Butwal as the capital.

The NC provincial parliamentary party has issued the whip presuming that the proposal may be tabled for voting in the provincial assembly Tuesday itself, according to the main opposition leader Birendra Kumar Kanaudiya. "There is no problem with naming the province Lumbini though," he added