A team including Renu Chand, Binda Pandey, Amrita Thapa Magar, Sunil Babu Pant and others have demanded that the law ensure that 50 percent of women candidates are fielded under the direct election system.
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A team including four members of the first Constituent Assembly has demanded that the election law ensure 50 percent of women candidates. The team, including Renu Chand, Binda Pandey, Amrita Thapa Magar, Sunil Babu Pant, and others, have demanded that the law ensure 50 percent of women candidates for the direct election system.
Although the constitution has adopted the principle of proportional inclusion, the election law has not been able to assimilate this essence of the constitution, so the team is demanding that it be corrected even by bringing an ordinance.
Pandey said, "Since there is no binding provision in the law, parties do not give tickets to women in the direct election system. This is why women's representation in parliament has not been satisfactory. Now there should be a mandatory provision to make 50 percent women candidates. Within that, representation of Dalits, indigenous peoples and other minority communities should also be ensured."
The delegation also included Usha Kiran Timsena, Samjhana Poudel, Pratiksha Chapagain, and others. Prime Minister Karki promised to discuss the demands put forward by the delegation in the cabinet. She also expressed the view that measures should be taken to prevent the election from becoming expensive. She said that corruption and electoral irregularities have increased due to expensive elections.
