Jul 10, Kathmandu - The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has approved the candidate selection procedure for the by-election to the House of Representatives to be held in Rupandehi-3 on Kartik 17. General Secretary Kabindra Burlakoti informed that the procedure was approved at a secretariat meeting held at the central office Banasthali on Wednesday and sent for the opinion of the central committee members.

According to Burlakoti, the party will invite applications from those interested in running for the by-election within a few days as per the procedure and will conduct the candidate selection process as per the prescribed procedure after evaluating the applications received.

"The secretariat meeting has approved the candidate selection procedure targeting the by-election to be held in Rupandehi District, House of Representatives Constituency No. 3 on Kartik 17 and has sent it to the central committee members for their opinion," he said.

"The party will invite applications from those interested in becoming candidates for the by-election within a few days as per the procedure and will evaluate the applications received and conduct the candidate selection process as per the prescribed procedure." The meeting also assigned Joint General Secretary and Lumbini Province In-charge Bipin Kumar Acharya the responsibility of leading all work related to the by-election to be held in Rupandehi Constituency No. 3.