Exercise your franchise with conscience: CEC Thapaliya

Exercise franchise with conscience: CEC Thapaliya

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Nov. 20: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya has appealed to voters to exercise their franchise with conscience.

Talking to journalists after casting his vote from Lokanthali based Unique Nepal Academy polling center in Bhaktapur this morning, CEC Thapaliya also said that voting has started from 22,217 polling centers of 10, 892 polling station across the country.

"Here we started voting from a person with disability. This time, we have tried our best to make voting centers friendly for physically challenged. Please, facilitate for the senior citizens, pregnant and lactating women so that they can cast vote easily," he said.

He said the voting started exactly at 7:00 in the morning except for some exceptions in the Himalayan district across the country and that all four members of family participated in the poll. He expressed confidence that the voting will go on in a free, fair and peaceful environment.

He predicted with reference to local level election that there will be 70 per cent voter turn out in this election of the members of the House of Representatives (HoR) and Provincial Assembly (PA).