Kathmandu, March 11 -- CPN (Maoist Centre) lawmaker Narayan Dahal and Yuvaraj Sharma of the Nepali Congress will face off for the National Assembly chair's position.

Urmila Aryal, vice-chairperson of the upper house, on Sunday announced that the elections will be held on Tuesday. Though the main opposition Congress had proposed to postpone the election date by a few days, the Business Advisory Committee rejected the proposal saying the vote cannot be deferred.

The position is vacant with Ganesh Timilsina retiring after completing his six-year tenure on March 3.

As per the election schedule, parties wanting to contest the post should file their nominations between 11 am and 1 pm on Monday and the vote is slated for 11:09 am on Tuesday....