He said that complaints have been received verbally about some people's representatives in the district taking government vehicles to party gatherings and meetings.
What you should know
Following a verbal complaint that the mayor, chairperson, deputy mayor, and vice chairperson of a municipality used government vehicles to attend a political party event, the Election Code of Conduct Monitoring Committee has written to all municipalities in Palpa asking them not to misuse the vehicles.
Two municipalities and all eight rural municipalities have been written to urge them to be vigilant in using government vehicles.
Election Code of Conduct Monitoring Officer and Assistant Chief District Officer of the District Administration Office Rishiram Subedi has urged them not to engage in political activities using government vehicles in the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on February 21, when the Election Code of Conduct 2082 has been issued and implemented.
Assistant Chief District Officer Subedi said that letters have been sent to people's representatives and civil servants not to use four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles for political work or for any other activities other than office purposes.
He said that some people's representatives in the district have been receiving verbal complaints about government vehicles being used for party gatherings and meetings.
According to Assistant Chief District Officer Subedi, three complaints have been received by the committee so far. He said that the Code of Conduct Monitoring Committee has warned the proportional candidate of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party and religious leader Cholaprasad Basyal (Chaitanya Krishna) for conducting the party's election activities in a religious institution.
Basyal is on the closed list of the proportional candidate of the National Independent Party. A complaint has been filed against him for conducting political activities of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party in Gurukulamma, Rambha Rural Municipality, Palpa.
He said that the issue of distributing goats by a teacher at a school in Tansen and Heifer International organization on the eve of the election has also come to the monitoring committee as a complaint, saying that they violated the election code of conduct.
