Jan 18, Kathmandu: Nepali Congress has decided to nominate a candidate for Speaker. In the morning, a meeting of Congress officials held at party chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba's 'Rent house' Dhumbarahi decided to nominate candidates for the Speaker.

However, it has not been decided who will be the candidate. Congress sources said that the executive committee will finalize the name. A parliamentary party meeting has been called for further discussion at 1 pm. Congress is also going to discuss with other parties that are out of power.

According to sources, preparations are underway to appoint Ishwari Neupane as Speaker. Since the speaker candidate is from one party, the deputy speaker is from another party and the men and women also have to be matched, so discussions were held with other parties. UML's Devraj Ghimire will be the candidate from the ruling coalition.