The main opposition CPN-UML has registered the party with the Election Commission for the parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for November 26.

A team led by party Vice-Chairman Bamdev Gautam registered the party with the EC after submitting required legal documents on Friday.

The EC has given the deadline of 27 August for the political parties to get registered.

The EC said that 44 political parties have been registered so far.

On the occasion, the UML leaders also held a discussion with the Chief Election Commission and election commissioners regarding the third phase of local level elections slated for September 18 in Province 2.

After the meeting, leader Gautam told journalists that his party was ready to fully cooperate with all the parties to pass the election bill.  RSS