Home Minister Janardan Sharma – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com Impart Educate Propel Sun, 17 Sep 2017 02:29:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 https://nepalireporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-RN_Logo-32x32.png Home Minister Janardan Sharma – Reporters Nepal https://nepalireporter.com 32 32 Poll preparations over: Home Minister Sharma https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40561 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40561#respond Sun, 17 Sep 2017 02:29:31 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=40561 Home Minister Janardan SharmaHome Minister Janardan Sharma on Saturday said all preparations for the third rounds of local elections scheduled for September 18 in Province 2 has been completed. ]]> Home Minister Janardan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Sept 16: Home Minister Janardan Sharma on Saturday said all preparations for the third rounds of local elections scheduled for September 18 in Province 2 has been completed.

He also urged voters to exercise their franchise without any inhibition as security for voters has all been arranged. He was speaking at a face-to-face program at Reporters Club Nepal in the Capital.

An environment has also been created for holding the polls in a peaceful and fear-free way, he said.

The Home Ministry acting on the central security policy has made arrangements to provide security during the polls, through three layers of security position with Nepal Police on the first line, Armed Police Force on the second, and Nepal Army on the third, he said.

]]> https://nepalireporter.com/2017/09/40561/feed 0 Endowing EC with jurisdiction to set poll date could be consulted: Home Minister Sharma https://nepalireporter.com/2017/08/39053 https://nepalireporter.com/2017/08/39053#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:17:16 +0000 http://nepalireporter.com/?p=39053 Janardan SharmaHome Minister Janardan Sharma today said consultations could be held on the issue of investing the Election Commission with authority to setting election date. ]]> Janardan Sharma

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Home Minister Janardan Sharma today said consultations could be held on the issue of investing the Election Commission with authority to setting election date.

“The existing provision holds that the Government of Nepal is tasked with setting election date in consultation with the EC, and it does not mean that vice-versa is not possible. But keeping in view of security arrangement, the government sets poll date, and it does not mean to belittle the role of the EC in it,” said Sharma.

He was attending a meeting of the State Affairs Committee under the Legislature-Parliament to hold deliberations on the Bill providing for election of the member of the state assembly -2074.
He also informed that the government was thinking about holding provincial elections in a single phase as far as possible.

On creating environment for Nepalis residing abroad to vote, Minister Sharma said the government was positive about the issue.

At the meeting, lawmakers proposed an amendment to various 35 clauses of the Bill. Also, Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav demanded that the commission be endowed with jurisdiction to set election date while reasoning that autonomy of the Commission would be called into question for lack of such authority.

He also suggested adopting full proportional system to save costs for holding elections. The next meeting to deliberate additionally on the Bill will convene on August 9 at 11 am. RSS

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