The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) has decided to initiate initiatives to make the party chairman, Mahantha Thakur, the common candidate for the presidency.
A meeting of the LSP central executive committee held on Tuesday decided to take initiatives to make Thakur the common candidate for the presidency on the basis of national consensus.
LSP leaders have met CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Baluwatar after the meeting.
LSP leader Keshav Jha told Setopati that they have started meetings with other parties as per the party’s decision to field Thakur as a common candidate for the presidency.
According to Jha, LSP is preparing to hold talks with the top leaders of all parties, including the Nepali Congress, who are represented in Parliament.
The presentation of candidacies for the presidential elections is scheduled for February 25.
Jha said they will meet the top leaders of all parties within two days and hold talks on supporting Thakur for the presidency.
LSP has four legislators in the House of Representatives.
