Three candidates’ nominations cancelled in Rupandehi

RUPANDEHI: The Election Commission (EC) has cancelled the nominations of three candidates, including Raju Gurung who had registered his candidacy for the House of Representatives (HoR) member from Rupandehi Constituency-2. CPN (Unified Socialist)'s candidate Gurung was contending with CPN-UML vice-chairperson Bishnu Poudel on behalf of the five-party coalition. Along with Gurung, the nomination of Kamal Bhusal of Hamro Nepali Party was also scrapped. In the information issued by Assistant Returning Officer, Ghanashyam Gautam, last night, it was stated that Gurung and another independent candidate Himal Basyal appeared to be disqualified to become candidates for the upcoming election as per the House of Representatives Member Election Act, 2074 and House of Representatives Member Election Directive 2079. It may be noted that a banking offence case was filed against candidate Gurung at the court noting that the latter's Northwest Nepal Infra had not settled its obligatory payment of Rs 22.5 million. On December 2, 2021, the court issued a verdict against Chairperson of West Project Construction and Suppliers for not clearing the obligated payment. A single bench of Kathmandu District Court Justice Yuwaraj Gautam had decided to penalise six officials of the Northwest Nepal Infra including Gurung Rs 2,000 each and directed them to settle payment as claimed. The Election Law has stipulated that those penalised by the court on banking offences and blacklisted cannot become candidates. Likewise, Bhusal's candidacy was cancelled as he was currently undertaking his education and receiving financial support from the Nepal government. READ ALSO:

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