Kathmandu, July 22: Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) will elect its chairman and vice chairman on Thursday.
The Constituent Assembly's acting chairman, Kul Bahadur Gurung, in a statement said that the election would begin at 11:00 a. m., adding that the candidates' proposals have to be registered on Wednesday.
In line with their understanding of electing Nepali Congress (NC) candidate as president, a Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) candidate as vice president and a Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) candidate as the CA chairman, the three parties are expected to back a UML candidate for the position.