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Election Commission holding consultation with political parties on election code of conduct

Representatives of political parties invited for a meeting today to discuss election code of conduct

KathmanduPati February 14, 2021

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KATHMANDU – The Election Commission is holding a meeting with political parties today to discuss the election code of conduct. The Election Commission is holding the consultation on its draft of code of conduct for the elections going to be held on April 30 and May 10 for the House of Representatives.

Raj Kumar Shrestha, the spokesperson of the Election Commission, said that the meeting will discuss the draft of code of conduct formulated for the upcoming polls. The Election Commission has invited political parties which have representations in federal parliament, provincial assemblies and local bodies.

The Election Commission has invited Nepal Communist Party’s Chairman KP Sharma Oli, another NCP faction Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and chiefs of Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Janata Samajwadi Party, among other parties.