RAUTAHAT, NOVEMBER 9

Police have started removing banners, posters, and flags, among other election publicity material put up by various political parties from public places violating the election code of conduct in Rautahat.

The materials were removed as per the directive of the district election code of conduct monitoring committee. District Police Office has started removing the party flags, election symbols with photos, banners, and posters which were placed at public places, roads and utility poles.

SP Bir Bahadur Budha Magar of district police office said that following the directive, police units in the district had started removing election publicity materials from the public places in the district.

DSP Sunil Malla of district police office said police had launched a drive to remove posters, banners, party flags, election symbols, among other materials, from public places after the inspection by the monitoring committee.

He said police were committed to implementing the election code of conduct.

A version of this article appears in the print on November 10, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.