Those wishing to register a party must submit an application to the commission along with the statute, manifesto, sample flag and symbol, a commitment made by at least five hundred Nepali voters to obtain party membership, and a certified copy of their citizenship or voter ID card along with their signatures.
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As the date for registering political parties for the purpose of the House of Representatives elections approaches, the number of applications for registration of new parties has increased at the Election Commission. Five applications for registration of new parties were received at the Commission on Friday.
The commission has registered 125 political parties. After the Gen-G movement of last Bhadra, 15 parties have applied for registration. Among them, the Shram Sanskriti Party led by Dharan Sub-metropolitan Mayor Harkaraj Rai has already received a party registration certificate.
According to the commission's Law and Political Party Management Division, those who have completed the documents and have completed the identification of the central committee and supporters will receive the certificate. 'The registration process for parties that have completed the documents prescribed by law is in the final stage,' said Division Chief Yagya Bhattarai.
Last July, Gyan Bahadur Tamang had applied for registration of the Ujjaya Nepal Party. After the Gen-G movement, Dinesh Raj Prasai has applied for the Dynamic Democratic Party, Ajay Kumar Rai for the National Change Party, Gopilal Neupane for the Nepal Liberal Party, and Hira Prasad Seti for the National Gen-G Party. Similarly, applications have been filed for registration of Netra Bikram Chand's Communist Party Nepal, Kabir Sob's Citizen Liberation Party Nepal, Nawaraj Subedi's Janayug Party, Khagendra Sunar's Hamro Party Nepal and Himalaya Bahadur Chand's Nepal National Youth Party.
On Friday, Yogendra Mandal's Sundar Nepal Nirman Party, Sabin Sigdel's Rastra Nirman Party, Ratna Prasad Shrestha's Citizen Supremacy Party Nepal and Rihayaz Ahmed Shesh's Rastriya Swaraj Party have filed applications for registration with the Commission.
Those who want to register a party will have to submit an application to the Commission along with the statute, manifesto, sample of the flag and symbol, a commitment made by at least five hundred Nepali voters to obtain party membership, and a certified copy of their citizenship or voter ID card. There is also a legal provision that a central committee of at least 21 members should be provided. After the documents are completed, the Commission identifies the 500 people who are in the central committee and have taken membership.
