March 5 HoR election will be held in impartial, fear-free atmosphere: Home Minister

Kathmandu, Feb 27:  Minister for Home Affairs Om Prakash Aryal has asserted that the upcoming election to the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5 would be held in a fair, impartial and fear-free environment.

In course of inspecting the voting centres of Baiteshwor Rural Municipality in Dolakha district today, Home Minister mentioned that the election would be made fair and impartial this time by correcting the past weaknesses. 

He also directed the concerned officials to create such environment where voters could cast vote peacefully with confidence. 

On the occasion, the Home Minister urged all concerned sides to involve in preparation of their respective election constituencies being aware about the wrong, misleading and misinformation disseminated in social platforms. 

A team comprising Home Minister Aryal and Acting Chief Election Commissioner, Ram Prasad Bhandari, inspected the voting centres of the rural municipality and discussed about election security.

Inspector General of the Armed Police Force, Raju Aryal, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General, Pradip Jung KC, Additional Inspector General of Police, Ganesh Thada Magar, Spokesperson of the Home Ministry, Ananda Kafle, Assistant Spokesperson Rama Acharya, Chief District Office of Dolakha, Hari Prasad Ghimire, Chief Returning Officer, Ram Prasad Neupane, among others were present on the occasion.

The team enquired about local level election and election to the House of Representatives held in 2079 as well as election security plan for the upcoming HoR election, shared Assistant Spokesperson Acharya.

It was shared that security has been tightened at different borders in view of sensitivity and problems surfaced in the voting centre in past. 

Similarly, Acting Chief Election Commissioner Bhandari requested all stakeholders for their active participation in order to hold the election in fair, impartial and fear-free environment. 

He also directed to ensure election security by carrying out preparation of the election, finding out possible problems keeping past election sensitivity in mind. 

Briefing about the present election situation of the district, Chief Returning Officer Neupane and Chief District Officer Ghimire informed that coordination among security bodies was underway.

Likewise, Inspector General of APF, Aryal, briefed about district security. There are eight voting centres, 21 polling stations and 18,422 voters in Baideshowr rural municipality. (RSS)