Loktantrik Samajbadi Party proposes Mahanta Thakur as national consensus candidate for President

Party leaders on Tuesday floated the proposal during a meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who has been seeking a candidate of national consensus for the President’s post. Loktantrik Samajbadi Party proposes Mahanta Thakur as national consensus candidate for President

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Published at : February 21, 2023

Updated at : February 21, 2023 20:07

Kathmandu

The Loktantrik Samajbadi Party has proposed party chairman Mahanta Thakur’s name as the national consensus candidate for the position of President.

Party leaders on Tuesday met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and proposed Thakur’s name as the presidential candidate of consensus during the meeting held at the Prime Minister's residence in Baluwatar on Tuesday, said party leader Rajendra Mahato.

“The Prime Minister has been seeking a consensus candidate for the presidency and in that connection, we went to meet the Prime Minister,” said Mahato, “We told the prime minister his thought regarding a candidate for the post of President by national consensus was good and proposed that Mahanta Thakur could be the candidate of national consensus.”

Mahato said the party leaders floated the proposal to the prime minister envisioning that it would be easy for everyone to agree on Thakur’s name.

According to Mahato, Prime Minister Dahal, in response, said that Thakur could be a suitable candidate for the post of President.

“The prime minister’s reply to our proposal was that Thakur, even though is not a candidate of national consensus, is a suitable candidate for the position and many others are also saying the same thing. The proposal is not something new, we were saying something that everyone already knew,” said Mahato.

Leader Mahato said that Prime Minister Dahal, during the meeting, reiterated the idea that the president should be made by national consensus.

LSP leaders said that Dahal, during the meeting, said that no one has been named so far for the position and that he is still in consultation.

“I have not mentioned anyone’s name for the post of President and I am holding consultations with everyone,” said PM Dahal, during the meeting, “I am holding discussions with the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML for national consensus. I haven’t decided on anyone yet.”

The Election Commission has fixed the date for the nomination of the President on February 25. The presidential election has been slated for March 9 and the vice presidential election will be held on March 17.