INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, APRIL 14The Election Commission issued a press release today urging all
stakeholders not to express doubt about the local polls slated for May 13.
Former PM Oli fears disruption in local polls
Election Commission calls for registration of political parties
The poll panel's remarks came on the heels of CPN- UML leaders'
remarks that the government was conspiring to use security threat posed by Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal to defer local
polls.
EC Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Paudel said the EC's attention was drawn to political leaders' doubt that local
He said preparation for polls was going on in full swing and no one should doubt that the polls would not be held on time.Paudel said that
the EC had printed 7,033,000 ballot papers for 39 districts and it was printing 800,000 ballot papers daily
The EC will have to print 19,400,000 ballot papers for the upcoming polls.Sixty-five organisations have filed their applications at the EC
seeking its permission to observe the polls.Paudel said there were more than 20,000 proposed poll observers and the EC would take a call on
the issue after making certain enquiries.A version of this article appears in the print on April 15, 2022, of The Himalayan Times
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