Time for election publicity over after coming midnight

Kathmandu, March 2: The Election Commission (EC) has said the political parties and candidates would not be allowed to engage in election publicity after coming midnight (Monday 12:00pm). 

With the beginning of silence period for the March 5 election to the House of Representatives (HoR) from later this midnight, the election publicity is banned, according to assistant spokesperson at EC, Kul Bahadur GC.

The political parties had been engaging in publicity, but it would cease after 12:00pm as per Election Code of Conduct, 2082.

It silence period provides time for the voters to decide their voting for the favourable candidates. The election publicity and silence period are also effective on social networking sites. (RSS)