The main ruling parties—Nepali Congress and CPN (Maoist Centre)—have agreed to make alliance in the election of District Coordination Committee (DCC).

A joint meeting of the taskforce of both the parties made the agreement for alliance in some districts where both parties could not garner majority votes alone, according to Nepali Congress leader Bimalendra Nidhi.

The meeting made this agreement from central-level for election alliance across the nation. According to the Election Commission, election of DCC is taking place in all districts except Province 2 after the local level elections.

Earlier, the NC and the Maoist Centre had made alliance in some places in two phases of local level elections.

NC leaders Nidhi, Ram Sharan Mahat and Ramesh Lekhak and Maoist Centre leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister, and Barshaman Pun were present in the meeting. RSS