Kathmandu, March 16
All Nepal Free Student Union elections are going to be held on March 23 at Tri Chandra Campus.
Earlier, the election schedule had been affected due to controversy over the student admission process. Due to the dispute over names of student voters, the election could not be held on March 19 as scheduled by Tribhuvan University.
UML's student organisation, All Nepal National Free Student Union and the student union of the Maoist Centre had protested that even those students who were not enrolled in the campus and some old students were included in the voter list. However, the student organisation of the Nepali Congress, Nepal Student Union (NSU) vandalised the office of the campus chief, assistant campus chief, and the election officer, saying that the ANFSU election process was not expedited.
Election officer Rajendra Gautam announced a new schedule for the election, on March 23. As per the schedule, the voter list will be published on March 17.
Time has also been given for filing nominations on March 19 and protesting against candidates on March 20. It has been decided to give time for publicity on March 21. The silence period will begin from March 21.
The voting time has been fixed on March 23 from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 17, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
