Nembang, Khanal, recommended from Ilam constituencies

 While the local committees are yet to formally recommend names of candidates for the November 19

Constituent Assembly  election, top CPN-UML leaders look decided on their constituencies.

Party sources said Khanal is also eying one constituency in Kathmandu to secure his position in the CA. “He [Khanal] is interested in contesting even from Kathmandu. If not, he will prefer his previous electoral constituency,' a leader close to Khanal told the Post on Saturday.
 

Party Chairman Jhala Nath Khanal is set to contest the polls along with five other party members, from Ilam’s constituency -1, the same area where he had won the seat in the 2008 CA election .

Likewise, Subash Nembang , chairperson of the now-dissolved CA, is all set to contest the upcoming CA polls from Illam's constituency -2. Although the regional committee was to submit five candidates, the committee meeting unanimously recommended Nemwang. The five other contesters along with Khanal at constituency -1 are Kajiman Kagate, Bir Bahadur Lapcha, Khinu Langwa and Ratna Adhikari.

Likewise, Mahesh Basnet, Bhakta K.C.,  Krishna Shrestha and Padam Bhandari,Tek Bahadur Rai, have been recommended for constituency -3.

Meanwhile, NC on Sunday announced the name of 3 candidates for direct and 5 for Proportional Representation at the three constituencies of Ilam Dist.
UCPN-Maoist has already recommended their 15 candidates from the district's three constituencies.