Dec 12, Kathmandu: Nepali Congress will register its candidacy for the leader of the parliamentary party today. The application time for the candidates is fixed from 8 am to 10 am today.

=Election Operations Coordinator Bhishmaraj Khandembe said that the final list of candidates will be published today at 3 pm. The candidature registration fee is fixed at 51,000. Voting is being held on Wednesday to elect the leader of the parliamentary party. Voting is scheduled from 8 am to 10 am on Wednesday.

After the direct and proportional results of the House of Representatives(HoR) elections held on November 20, Congress started the process of selecting party leaders according to the statute. Congress has won 89 seats in the HoR. Congress has already published the names of those eligible to participate in the 'party leader selection process' in the voter list.

From the establishment side, Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba is becoming the candidate for the leader of the parliamentary party, while Shekhar Koirala and Gagan Thapa both have their claims in other groups.