All Candidates in Myagdi Open Separate Bank Accounts for Upcoming House of Representatives Election

Myagdi. All candidates in the upcoming House of Representatives election in Myagdi have opened separate bank accounts. The Office of the Chief Election Officer stated that all 12 candidates competing in the district, which has a single constituency, have operationalized bank accounts for election purposes.

Chief Election Officer Suryabahadur Thapa informed that the decision made by the Election Commission to make election expenditures transparent and economical has been implemented by all candidates here. He stated that candidates must conduct their expenditure and income through the account opened upon the recommendation of the Office of the Chief Election Officer, and this will be monitored by the Office of the Treasury and Accounting Controller.

The spending limit for candidates in the district has been set at a maximum of NPR 31 lakh. Ramprasad Sharma, Chief of the Office of the Treasury and Accounting Controller, stated that a separate monitoring mechanism has been established for the expenses incurred by candidates to ensure financial prudence in the election.

The monitoring of the election code of conduct is also being carried out under the coordination of Office Chief Sharma. The Commission has arranged for the opening of separate accounts for the first time to curb extravagant spending. Five written and four verbal complaints regarding the election code of conduct have been registered in Myagdi.

Assistant Chief District Officer Kulprasad Acharya, a member of the Code of Conduct Monitoring Committee, informed that the concerned candidates have been cautioned regarding the subject of the complaints.

The district has 82 polling stations, 120 voting centers, and 86,397 registered voters for the House of Representatives election.

District Election Officer Bimal Gautam informed that two temporary polling centers have been established at the District Prison Branch and the Employee Milan Kendra. The distribution of appointment letters for the staff deployed for the election began on Friday. It has been reported that a total of 1,074 personnel, including polling officers, assistant polling officers, support staff, assistants, and volunteers, excluding security personnel and monitors deployed to conduct the election, will be mobilized in the district.

Chief District Officer Rabindra Acharya informed that integrated district security strategies targeting the election have been prepared by monitoring polling centers, and security management work has been carried out to ensure the election is conducted in a peaceful, dignified, and fear-free environment.

He further informed that robust security arrangements have been made in the district through necessary coordination and cooperation among the security agencies present, targeting programs from nomination registration to election campaigning, the silence period, voting, counting, and the victory celebration of the elected candidate.

District Election Officer Gautam informed that the ballot papers and other necessary election materials for the election have arrived in the district and all materials have been managed separately for each polling center.