KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Filing of nominations for the second phase of the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assemblies is taking place in a peaceful manner.

Spokesperson at the Election Commission, Nawaraj Dhakal, said that the candidates have been filing their nominations reaching at the office of the Chief Election Officer or the Election Officer in respective districts.

The nomination is underway for 128 members towards the House of Representatives and 256 members towards State Assemblies in 45 districts. The second phase election is scheduled for December 7.

The candidates contesting in the election need to submit a copy of their citizenship certificate, evidence of being enlisted in the voter list and receipt of security deposit and formal letter signed by the party’s authorized person.

The candidacy of a candidate if he/she files their nomination from more than one place would be invalid from all places, said Dhakal.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: The filing of nomination for the second phase of the elections to the House of Representatives and State Assembly under the first-past-the-post category is underway.

The second phase of polls, which is being conducted 128 constituencies of House of Representatives and 256 constituencies of State Assemblies in 45 districts, is scheduled for December 7.

RAMESH LAMSAL, KATHMANDU, Oct 28: The two major parties in the Leftist Alliance – the CPN (UML) and the CPN (Maoist Center) – have prepared the House of Representatives and the State Assembly Election Manifesto, 2017.

The main slogan of the election manifesto is – “Transformation and Achievement under the Communists’ Leadership: Social Justice and Prosperity also under Communists’ Leadership.”

The two parties have stated that the manifesto would be made public after the registration of the candidacies for the second phase elections. They have also stated that they would take the leadership of the economic prosperity of the country and even steer the implementation of the socialism enshrined in the constitution.

The manifesto states that the Leftist Alliance alone is the true vanguard of democracy. The manifesto has set the aim of proper management of the agriculture, tourism, hydropower, herbs and human resources, the basis for economic prosperity.

The left alliance has characterized some political parties as showing nervousness by blaming that the alliance would jeopardize democracy and claiming they are only the democracy stalwarts.

The alliance in the manifesto is to mention its aim as- to prosper and make successful the socialism-oriented inclusive democracy and its model would be- the people’s competitive multi-party democratic system.

The UML and the Maoist hailed the economic programs their governments brought to prop up national economy and change people’s lives.

Social security is prominently raised in the manifesto.

Claiming that their alliance would lead the country to development, the manifesto would mention that the left alliance would accomplish the remaining tasks of the peace process, ensure justice to the conflict victims and durable peace. The national sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity would be kept in center.

As per the constitutional mandate, keeping in center the national interests, the relations with neighbors would be maintained on the basis UN Charter, panchasheel principles, mutual trust, equality and benefit, said the alliance.

The parties are to devote to the concerns of workers and peasants and continue for self-reliance on economy.

On the occasion, CPN (Maoist Center) Spokesperson Pampha Bhushal said the manifesto was nearly completed with the completion of nomination.

UML’s Central Office Secretary Krishna Gopal Shrestha informed that the election manifesto was being prepared with the aim of preparing base for economic prosperity.

KATHMANDU, Oct 27: The Nepali Congress (NC) has finalized the names of 22 candidates to contest the elections to the House of Representatives to be held in the second phase on December 7.

As per the decision taken by the parliamentary committee, President Sher Bahadur Deuba will contest the polls from Dadeldhura constituency no 1, while senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel from Tanahun-1.

Likewise, General Secretary Dr Shashanka Koirala is vying from Nawalpur constituency no. 1, leader Prakash Man Singh from Kathmandu-1, Gopal Man Shrestha from Syangja-2, Bimalendra Nidhi from Dhanusha-3 and Bijay Kumar Gachhadar from Sunsari-3.

Purna Bahadur Khadka is to contest from constituency no 1 of Surkhet, Mahesh Acharya from constituency no 4 of Morang, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki from constituency no 4 of Sunsari, Ramesh Rijal from constituency no 4 of Parsa, Dr Narayan Khadka from constituency no 1 of Udayapur, Dr Minendra Rijal from constituency no 2 of Morang, Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat from constituency no 7 of Kathmandu, Pharmullah Mansoor from constituency no 3 of Bara, NP Saud from constituency no 2 of Kanchanpur and Arjun Prasad Joshi from constituency no 1 of Parbat.

Moreover, Dr Sekhar Koirala is vying from constituency no 6 of Morang district, while Nabindra Raj Joshi from constituency no 8 of Kathmandu, Gagan Kumar Thapa from constituency no 4 of Kathmandu, Ramesh Lekhak from constituency no 3 of Kanchanpur and Narayan Bahadur Karki from constituency no 2 of Udayapur district, according to NC Party Office Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel.