Kathmandu : Five top leaders of the ruling parties have appealed to the people to make victorious the common candidates of the ruling coalition in the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives (HoR).

Issuing a joint statement on Tuesday, the leaders urged the people to make common candidate of the ruling parties from Tanahu-1, Chitwan-2 and Bara-2.

The statement is undersigned by Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Nepali Congress (NC) president Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Chair Upendra Yadav and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Chair Mahanth Thakur.

Govind Bhattarai of NC from Tanahu-1, Jitnarayan Shrestha of NC from Chitwan-2 and Upendra Yadav of JSP from Bara-2 are the common candidates of the ruling coalition, according to the statement.

The by-election for the HoR member in these three constituencies is slated for April 23.