The Election Commission has issued instructions not to campaign in the name of any religion in the upcoming election for the House of Representatives to be held on Falgun 21 and not to campaign or solicit votes in a way that spreads communal hatred. 

In a 64-point directive issued by the Commission on Sunday, it has directed that no vehicles or horses other than a maximum of two two-wheeled or three-wheeled or four-wheeled light vehicles powered by electric and mechanical power should be used in the constituency or place where the candidate is contesting, and a maximum of four horses should be used in places where such vehicles are not allowed.

The Commission's spokesperson Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said that instructions have also been issued not to transport voters using vehicles for which a party or candidate has obtained permission. The Commission has directed that political parties or candidates should not broadcast election propaganda through television, radio or FM radio for more than four times in twenty-four hours at an interval of at least one hour and for a maximum of one minute at a time. The directive states that a political party or candidate should not publish more than four columns (twenty-five centimeters high) of propaganda material in a single newspaper every day.

The propaganda material of political parties or candidates placed within 300 meters of the polling station should be removed before the propaganda ban period begins, no method, process or means should be used to solicit votes and conduct election propaganda during the propaganda ban period, and no message, information or propaganda material should be posted, shared or reacted to in favor or against a political party or candidate on social media, online, in print or any other medium during the propaganda ban period, spokesperson Bhattarai said.

On the day of voting, representatives of political parties or candidates at polling stations should not wear clothing or badges with election symbols or vote symbols, or wear, carry or display similar symbolic clothing and items that identify a political party or candidate. The Commission has stated that after the election campaign programs such as meetings, processions, rallies or door-to-door campaigns, the materials used by the concerned parties and candidates should be collected and properly managed in an environmentally friendly manner. 

The Commission has also directed that non-organic materials such as plastic or polythene should not be used during election campaign, meetings, processions or door-to-door campaigns, that environmentally friendly programs should be encouraged to be run in a way that supports green elections, that there should be mandatory representation in various committees formed for the implementation of the election code of conduct, and that they should participate in all-party or all-sectoral meetings held in the course of election management when invited.

The Commission has also drawn attention to the need to cooperate and facilitate the effective implementation of the election code of conduct by submitting a complaint or information to the concerned Election Officer's Office or the Chief Election Officer's Office or the Election Office or the local administration or the Election Commission in case of violation of the prevailing legal provisions related to elections and the Election Code of Conduct, 2082, in writing or verbally or through social media or electronic means or in any other way.