Nepali Congress has also decided to field incumbent Prime Minister and party President Sushil Koirala in the election.

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Nepali Congress to field Sushil Koirala as PM candidate against KP Sharma Oli

The Parliament Secretariat will publish the final list of candidates at 4:30 pm.

The election is scheduled for 11 am tomorrow.

Leaders of 12 parties, including UCPN-Maoist, RPP-Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, CPN-ML and Rastriya Janamorcha, and an independent lawmaker have lent support to Oli, indicating an easy majority in his  favour.

CPN-UML has 183 members, UCPN-Maoist 83 (after Baburam Bhattarai resigned), RPP-Nepal 25, RPP 12, CPN-ML 5 and Rastriya Janamorcha 3.

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