Nagarik Unmukti Party’s vice-presidential nominee Ranjita Shrestha has been deemed ineligible to run for the post due to age requirements.

According to the President and Vice President Electoral Act 2017, any individual wishing to contest for the nation’s second-highest position must be at least 45 years of age.

Party chairperson Shrestha is currently 39 years old, making her ineligible to run for the post.

A meeting of the parliamentary party held at Singhadurbar on Friday morning had decided to field chairperson Shrestha as their vice presidential candidate, Party Chief Whip Gangaram Chaudhary said.

Likewise, the Janata Samajbadi Party, one of the ruling coalition partners, on Thursday decided to field its lawmaker and parliamentary party leader Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav as its candidate for Vice President.

Meanwhile, Nepali Congress Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka, on Friday, said that a formal decision has not been made regarding which party will be given the post of vice president.

The Election Commission has scheduled the vice-presidential election for March 17. The parties must nominate their candidates on March 11.