Nepali Congress (NC) has interpreted the Supreme Court (SC) directives on the ongoing prime ministerial election earlier this week as an indirect ruling to elect Ram Chandra Paudel to the post of Prime Minister unopposed.

An unofficial meeting of NC parliamentary party Friday afternoon reviewed the SC directives and concluded that SC had directed the Speaker to declare Paudel elected unopposed as he is the sole remaining candidate for the post.

It has also decided to lobby with other political parties and the Speaker for such declaration based on the SC directives.

CA chairman Subash Nemwang

Terming the ongoing PM elections erroneous, the court had on Wednesday directed the CA chairman Subash Nemwang to review the parliamentary regulation so as to make the ongoing prime ministerial election result-oriented.

Since the court has said the ongoing process is erroneous and asked the Speaker to conclude it by reviewing the process, Paudel should be declared elected unopposed, said an NC leader after the meeting.

Standing on the SC directives, the party has decided to pressurise the Speaker not to conduct the election as scheduled on November 15, but declare Paudel as the PM. nepalnews.com