Kathmandu, Nov. 25 -- UML made two contradictory moves on Tuesday, registering the party for the March 5 elections while simultaneously filing a writ petition demanding the reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.

The second-largest party in the dissolved parliament had publicly been distancing itself from the elections. It maintained the mid-term polls cannot be held by the incumbent 'unconstitutional' government. UML leaders had been reiterating the same message.

However, on Tuesday, a team led by party's election department chief Niraj Acharya moved to the Election Commission to get the UML listed for the March 5 polls. At the same time another UML team led by former chief whip Mahesh Bartaula filed a petition in the ...