Kathmandu, November 9
The Election Commission has directed Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party to not use bells in its campaigns in the run-up to the federal and provincial elections scheduled to be held on November 20.
The commission has assigned a bell as the election symbol of the party and its candidates and supporters are using this while canvassing votes.
But, parties of other candidates on Tuesday complained to the commission that the RSP candidates using the bell disturbed them. Following that, the constitutional body issued the directive, according to Ganesh Karki of the party.
Meanwhile, the commission has denied the report. “We had asked them to submit a clarification over it some weeks ago,” the commission’s assistant spokesperson Guru Prasad Wagle says, “But, no final decision has been made in this regard.”
