At an all-party meeting organized in all three constituencies of the district on Thursday, Chief District Officer Dil Kumar Tamang urged parties and candidates to fully comply with the code of conduct.
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The district administration has urged for adherence to the election code of conduct to make the elections to be held on Falgun 21 fair, transparent and free from fraud. The administration has stated that party representatives have used vehicles with Indian number plates in their campaign and misused campaign materials.
Even though the representatives of the parties participating in the election did not follow the code of conduct, the stakeholders said that there was no effective monitoring from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer. They said that those who violate the code of conduct should be taken action and punished for a fair election.
In an all-party meeting organized in all three constituencies of the district on Thursday, Chief District Officer Dil Kumar Tamang urged the parties and candidates to fully comply with the code of conduct. He said that a zero tolerance policy would be adopted for violations of the code of conduct. Addressing the representatives of the parties and candidates of all three constituencies participating in the meeting, Tamang urged them not to leave any room for doubt in the fairness of the election. He said that the elections were conducted in a dignified manner from 048 BS to 082 BS.
He said that an integrated security plan was being implemented to assure the parties about the difficulties that may be seen in the geographical and security-sensitive areas of the district.
Chief Election Commissioner Deepak Kumar Dahal appealed to all candidates to follow the code of conduct. He said that despite the differences in ideology, everyone's religion at present is to conduct the election in a civilized and dignified manner.
Informing that campaigning will not be allowed before Falgun 4, he also demanded a commitment from all parties and independent candidates to follow the code of conduct.
