Immediately after filing a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the commission's decision on Sunday, Deuba's faction filed a petition demanding the postponement of the election program.
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Sher Bahadur Deuba's faction has filed a petition with the Election Commission demanding a postponement of the date for direct nomination registration for the House of Representatives elections until the Supreme Court resolves the Nepali Congress dispute.
Immediately after filing a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the Commission's decision on Sunday, the Deuba faction filed a petition demanding the postponement of the election program.
Party Office Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel and former Attorney General Khamba Bahadur Khati and Advocate Keshav Raj Joshi have reached the Election Commission and filed a petition to postpone the election program.
In the writ petition, the Congress has demanded the postponement of the entire election program until the final decision on the writ petition filed in the Supreme Court.
‘The decision of the Election Commission is unconstitutional, illegal, contrary to the prevailing laws and regulations, the decisions made by this Commission before it, and the precedents and principles promulgated by the esteemed Supreme Court. On Sunday, a writ petition was filed in the esteemed Supreme Court, along with a writ of mandamus, and a presentation was also scheduled for the upcoming Magh 6th,’ the petition states. ‘I have appeared with a petition requesting that the entire election schedule, including the nomination of members of the House of Representatives, scheduled to be held on Falgun 21, be postponed until justice is served in the said case.’
‘The writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court because the Election Commission’s decision last Friday appears to have sought to deprive the country’s democratic and old party from the election,’ said Advocate Joshi. "The Commission's decision on Demand 2 appears to have deprived the Nepali Congress of participating in the election by using the legal provision that Section 51 of the Political Parties Act, 2073 BS should not be invoked on the basis of the alleged petition to update the details of office bearers without resolving the dispute regarding the legitimacy of the Nepali Congress, and by not holding discussions with both sides of the Congress, as required under Sections 43, 44, 45 and 46 of the Political Parties Act, 2073 BS, and by not even giving one side a chance to be heard."
The nomination registration deadline for the House of Representatives election has been set for Magh 6.
