Kathmandu, March 15 -- The secretariat meeting of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) on Sunday recommended the names of 57 lawmakers under the proportional representation (PR) category.

However, the party has not disclosed the names of the candidates included in the list submitted to the Election Commission (EC).

"The commission will verify the list and complete the certification process. The commission will then make the names public," said party spokesperson Manish Jha. "Politically and legally, these will remain only proposed names from our side until the commission verifies them."

In the general elections held on March 5, the RSP secured 125 seats under the first-past-the-post system and 57 seats under the proportional representati...