Chitwan (Ratnanagar), August 1: The re-polling in ward no. 19 of Bharatpur metropolitan city is to be held on coming August 4.
The decision to this end was taken by an all-party meeting held today, according to the Office of the Chief Returning Officer, Chitwan. The silence period for the election starts from tomorrow, said assistant polling officer Gambhir Ghimire.
The re-polling is being held at the ward after counting of votes of the May 14 election was stopped after ballot papers were torn by party agents on May 28 night. The election commission had decided to hold re-polling in the ward, which was also endorsed by the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, the disputed ballot papers of the ward were destroyed by setting them on fire today
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Kathmandu, August 1: Minister for Information and Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet said conclusion can be drawn on holding provincial and parliamentary elections on same day only after forging consensus among the political parties.
At a face-to-face organized here today by Reporters’ Club Nepal, he clarified that the conclusion would be drawn out towards holding elections in one or two rounds after holding wider discussion among the political parties.
The government is yet to decide officially as consultation with the Election Commission is underway, he said.
Informing that the government is making all efforts to onboard Rastriya Janata Party Nepal the local level elections taking place in Province-2 on coming September 18, he expressed the government’s commitment to address the demands of RJPN.
There is the need to forge consensus with the main opposition party CPN-UML on the agenda of constitution amendment, Minister said, adding that constitution amendment was not possible by keeping UML outside the process.
Pledging that the government was firm to the physical and professional safety of working journalists, he also committed to provide with facilities to the journalists. RSS