Dhital and Aryal’s candidacies for Speaker of Gandaki Province Assembly

Krishna Dhital of CPN (Maoist Centre) and Saraswati Aryal of Nepali Congress have fielded their candidacies for the post of Speaker at Gandaki Province Assembly.

Dhital was proposed by Phanindra Devkota and supported by Roshan Bahadur Gahathapa on behalf of ruling alliance. Similarly, Aryal is proposed by Dilliram Subedi and supported by Takraj Gurung, according to information officer at Province Assembly secretariat, Prem Subedi.

The candidacies would be presented in the Province Assembly meeting for discussion and consideration. The ruling alliance of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) has however already made agreement that UML would get Chief Minister and Maoist Centre the Speaker.

As per agreement, UML parliamentary party leader Khagraj Adhikari has become Chief Minister and even secured the vote of confidence.

Among 60 members in Province Assembly, Nepali Congress has 27, CPN UML 22, Maoist Centre eight, RPP two and independent one.