After the Gen-G movement, the House of Representatives was dissolved and elections were scheduled for February 21. When it is expected that the youth will compete in the elections, no one from the Gen-G group seems to have started the process of party registration.
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After the Gen-G movement, two new parties have approached the Election Commission for registration. Dharan mayor Hark Bahadur Rai (Hark Sampang) as the chairman, Shram Sanskriti Party and Senior Advocate Surendra Bhandari led by Nepal Citizen Party on October 9 applied for party registration.
After the Gen-G movement, the House of Representatives was dissolved and elections were scheduled for February 21. When it is expected that the youth will compete in the elections, no one from the Gen-G group seems to have started the process of party registration.
12 applications for party registration are pending in the Commission. Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, spokesperson of the Commission, said that one of the applications was submitted in this financial year before the Gen-G movement and nine applications were made in the last financial year. According to him, there was an application for the registration of a party named Bright Nepal Party last July. Gyan Bahadur Tamang is the president of that party.
Shram Sanskriti Party has asked for a mound of mud, Citizen Party has asked for Jen-G's shoes and Bright Nepal has asked for a Chim election symbol. Spokesman Bhattarai informed that the law and political party management division of the commission is studying the petition. According to the division, work is being done to collect insufficient documents from the concerned and necessary discussions for clarity on some issues.
In the meantime, the two parties have split. Janamat Party was split and Jan Swaraj Party was formed. The Janaswaraj Party has become the youngest party among the parties registered with the commission so far. Deepak Kumar Sah is the president of the said party. The Commission has given the party registration certificate to Jan Swaraj on Tuesday. Earlier on Sunday, the Rashtriya Janmukti Party, formed by a split from the Nepal Janmukti Party, received the certificate.
The number of political parties has increased to 124 after the addition of two parties from the division, informed Suman Ghimire, information officer of the commission. After the Jane-G movement, interested people are coming to learn about the process of opening a new party. It seems likely that some more parties will come in the registration process," he said.
The Commission has set the registration time for the parties who want to participate in the House of Representatives elections. Commission spokesperson Bhattarai said that those who want to start a new party should come to the registration process as soon as possible. Only parties registered with the Commission can register for election purposes. According to the election schedule published by the commission, the party must be registered from 1 to 10 December for the purpose of the House of Representatives election. For that, party registration certificate must be obtained within 30 October.
46 thousand 495 people have been registered till Tuesday in the electoral roll collection campaign started by the commission after the amendment of the law for the collection of voter list.
After the announcement of the election, the government amended the law that prevented the collection of the voter list through an ordinance. After that, the Commission is collecting the new voter's list till 30 October. Suman Ghimire, information officer of the Commission, informed that the number of people registering their names in the electoral roll has increased after the Dasain holiday. Citizens who have reached the age of 18 have the right to vote.
