Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and party general secretary Gagan Thapa have filed their nomination for the post of parliamentary party leader on Tuesday.

Both aspirants reached the party’s parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar to file their nominations.

Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel proposed Deuba for the post while Purna Bahadur Khadka seconded the proposal.

Likewise, Thapa’s nomination was proposed by Shekhar Koirala and seconded by party vice president Dhanraj Gurung, general secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma and leader Pradeep Poudel.

The party has slated the election for the parliamentary party for Wednesday from 8am to 10am.

The party’s 89 newly-elected lawmakers are eligible to vote in the election for parliamentary party leader. The candidates will need at least 45 votes to secure the post.