KATHMANDU, MAY 6
The Nepali Congress has started taking action against rebel candidates, who have filed candidacy against the official candidates of the party as well as candidates supported by the NC in local level elections scheduled for May 13, their proposers and supporters The party has been collecting details of such candidates, proposers and supporters to remove them from the party membership.
Issuing a press release, NC Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel mentioned that the party's Disciplinary Committee with the help of party's candidates in local level could immediately expel rebel candidates, their proposers and supports, those involving in publicity of candidates of other parties from membership during the election period.
He also requested all members of the party to work actively in favour of official candidates of the party and candidates supported by the party to make them victorious in the election.
The NC has directed the district working committees to send the name list of rebel candidates, their proposers and supports as well as authorised and verified name list of candidates, proposers and supporters published by the Election Commission at the centre.
A version of this article appears in the print on May 07, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
