- Thursday, 29 September 2022
Koirala faction stages sit-in at NC central office
Leaders and cadres led by Dr Shekhar Koirala of Nepali Congress staged a sit-in at the party's central office in Sanepa, putting forth various demands, on Wednesday.
EC issues 60-point directives to political parties
Kathmandu, Sept 27: The Election Commission (EC) has issued 60-point directives to the political parties to make the upcoming elections to the members of the House of Representatives and Province Assembly free, fair, impartial, transparent and fearless, A meeting of the EC held on Tuesday directed the political parties registered for the election purpose to implement and comply with the legal arrangements specified in the Election (Offense and Punishment) Act, 2073 and Election Code of Conduct, 2079. EC Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel informed that the political parties registered would not be allowed to deprive any person of filing candidacy or making publicity and their right to exercise franchise. Nobody shall be allowed to demonstrate and use weapons or explosives. The election commission has also directed the political parties not to organize any public feasts, hand over any gifts, cash, awards, donations and incentives to the voters for using or not using their franchise rights. (RSS)
PR list finalized unanimously: Spokesperson Dr Mahat
At a press conference organized here on Tuesday at the party's central office, NC's Spokesperson Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat clarified that the Central Parliamentary Committee's meeting had determined the names of the candidates recommended by the concerned agencies as per the Party's statute.
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FNJ expects political parties to give space for press freedom in election manifesto
The Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) is seriously concerned about how political parties would address the issue concerning mass communication in their election manifestos.
Time to cooperate for countering misinformation in the face of election
It is the responsibility of many stakeholders, including government, political parties, Election Commission, voters, civil society, media and rights defenders to ensure a fair election by avoiding the spread of fake news: mis/disinformation.
Sharma nominated coordinator of election manifesto preparation committee
NC President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday nominated Sharma as the coordinator of the committee, said Chief-Secretary of NC Central Party Office, Krishna Prasad Poudel.
CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Prachanda instructs party cadres to devote to election
The Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' instructed his party cadres and leaders to work actively for the upcoming November 20 election to the Provincial Assembly and House of Representatives (HoR)
Keeping intact ruling alliance present need: Chair Yadav
Chairperson of the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Upendra Yadav, has said keeping intact the ruling alliance for the coming November 20 election is a present need
Seats allocation to be done accepting existence of all: Maoist Centre Chair Prachanda
Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', has said distribution of seats for the upcoming elections would be done in such a way where existence of all is accepted.
Upendra Yadav recommended as election candidate from Saptari constituency-2
The Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, Saptari election constituency no. 2 committee has recommended the party chairperson Upendra Yadav as the candidate in the election to the member of the House of Representatives from the constituency
10,888 polling stations determined across the country
Kathmandu, Sept. 5: The Election Commission (EC) has determined a total of 10,888 polling stations across the country for upcoming elections to the members of House of Representatives and province assembly set for November 20. It may be noted that there were a total of 10,756 polling stations in the local level elections held on May 13 earlier this year. The Election Commission reviewed the number of polling stations also considering the number of voters, convenience and security sensitivities in accordance with the Polling Station and Voting Centre Fixation Work Procedure, 2077. The EC took the decision to make polling management effective and ensure easy access of voters to the voting process. In line with the arrangements specified in the Working Procedure, the revision was also grounded on the recommendations received from the district polling station and voting centre fixation recommendation committee. The recommendations were also premised on several aspects such as voters' density, access to polling station, building, communications, electricity, transport, status of infrastructure, security and geographical situation and consensus among electoral stakeholders. According to the EC Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel, the number of polling station has reached 10,888. (RSS)
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Five party alliance taskforce meeting concludes
A taskforce of the ruling five-party alliance is set to complete the task it was mandated in regard to the alliance to be forged for the elections to the members of House of Representatives and province assembly scheduled for November 20
Final decision on seat allocation soon: Ruling alliance
Minister for Communication and Information Technology and government spokesperson Gyanendra Bahadur Karki said the ruling alliance had intensified the discussion to conclude seat sharing within two days. The ruling alliance taskforce is meeting at 1:00pm Monday.
