Pramila Yadav withdraws her Vice Presidential candidacy

KATHMANDU: Member of Parliament Pramila Kumari Yadav has withdrawn her candidacy to the post of Vice President.

She announced her withdrawal from the race after supporting Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav, the JSP’s vice presidential candidate.

Yadav issued a statement announcing the deactivation of her candidacy.

In the released statement, she said – ‘Yadav is an intelligent and mature leader with a simple life, spotless and clean image and high thoughts, who is sincerely dedicated to the sovereignty of the country, national independence, inclusiveness, federal democratic republic, social justice and socialism. He is a worthy and capable candidate for the presidency.’

Although technically her name is on the final list of candidates, she has stated that she will vote for the party’s candidate, Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav.

‘Though technically my name has remained on the list of candidates, with a commitment, I announce that I have withdrawn my candidacy in support of him,’ she said in a statement.