Chairperson of CPN (UML) KP Sharma Oli has expressed his belief that national consensus will be forged on the presidential candidate to be forwarded by his party.Talking to media persons after leaving today’s meeting of the House of Representatives, he said that there was an agreement within the ruling parties to vote for the presidential candidate from the UML.

“Of course there should be a national consensus on the president. There is a consensus within the ruling parties that the candidate will be from the UML. Hence, there should be a national consensus on the UML candidate”, Oli said.