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.

KATHMANDU, June 25: Distribution of voter identity cards has been started from the concerned polling centers in 35 districts of province no 1, 5 and 7 from Sunday for second round of local-level election scheduled for June 28.

Spokesperson at the Election Commission, Surya Prasad Sharma, said that voter ID would be distributed to 6,432,765 voters from concerned polling centers till June 27. Various teams comprising polling officers deployed in the election have been distributing voter ID from 4,581 voting stations.

According to Spokesperson Sharma, at least one voting education volunteer has been deployed in every polling centers to teach voters about the way to put swastika mark on ballot paper.

An arrangement has been made to provide the voter ID card to the family members if the voter could not reach there to collect his/her voter ID card due to various reasons. RSS

ILAM, June 19: CPN (UML) senior leader and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has said that no force can obstruct the second phase of the local level election scheduled for June 28.

Talking to media persons in Ilam district headquarters on Monday, Khanal said there is no reason to postpone the local level elections in the Province 2 and added the polls were postponed due to the loose stands of the government.

“The government showed its meekness before two-four leaders of Madhes. There was no reason to postpone the polls,” Khanal said.

The UML leader also demanded to immediately conduct the third phase of the local level polls in the Province 2.

On the occasion, Khanal claimed that none can stop the UML from emerging the first political force in the country.

The UML will take the country’s leadership after holding all three-layer of polls and the country would be advanced towards economic development and prosperity, he added. RSS

KATHMANDU, June 2: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJPN) senior leader Laxman Lal Karna has said that his party will not take part in the second phase election if their concerns are not addressed. He however, clarified that his party wants election in the country.

RJPN has been demanding that the government drop the criminal cases against those involved in Tharuhat-Madhes movement. They have also demanded addition of local levels in Terai region.

Speaking during an interaction program organized by the Reporters’ Club Nepal on Friday, Karna said, “We supported Prachanda led government in condition that our three point demands would be addressed. But Prachanda didn’t.”

“Now, Deuba is set to become new Prime Minister; but still we are not supporting Deuba led government unless it is made sure that our demands are met,” he added.

He also urged the government to create environment for Madhes based parties to participate in the election. He said, “We haven’t said that we won’t take part in the election. At least our demands have to be addressed first. The government cannot discriminate Madhesh and its people. The deceased of the Tharuhat movement must be declared martyrs, criminal charges must be dropped and the number of local levels should be increased.”

He also accused the government not to have cautioned the Supreme Court to rethink over its decision.

The government on May 22 had decided to increase 22 more local units in 12 districts along the plain. But the apex court two days later, had ordered the government not to implement the cabinet’s decision to add the number of local units.

Thakur also added that they are preparing to start agitation from June 5 in order to mount additional pressure to the government to fulfill its demands.

RJPN, two days ago, called off its agitation programs after the government postponed the date of second phase local level election to June 28. The government initially had planned to conduct second phase polls on June 14, but in a bid to bring Madhes based parties abroad the election the government, after second revision, had formally announced the date of the local election round 2.