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PHSC approves three election commission commissioners

PHSC approves three election commission commissioners

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee Chairman Kul Bahadur Gurung announces that Ayodhi Prasad Yadav was endorsed for the post of Chief Election Commissioner, after a meeting in Singha Durbar on Friday, July 8, 2016. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has endorsed the three individuals who were proposed for the Election Commission Commissioner. The committee in its meeting today approved Ishwari Prasad Poudel, Narendra Dahal and Sudhir Saha's names after the hearing. Earlier the Constitutional Council had recommended their names for the parliamentary hearing. In the meeting, the proposed election commissioners had presented their action plans, concepts and views regarding making the elections free and fair.