Home Minister Leads Delegation to Inspect Polling Stations Ahead of Upcoming Elections

Kathmandu. Targeting the upcoming House of Representatives election (scheduled for Falgun 21), a high-level delegation led by Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal has embarked on an inspection tour of remote polling stations in Lalitpur to assess election preparations and overall law and order. The delegation includes Home Ministry Secretary Rajkumar Shrestha and Spokesperson Anand Kafle, among other senior officials.

According to the Home Minister's private secretary, Parshuram Pokhrel, the high-level team is scheduled to conduct on-site inspections today of polling centers in areas like Bungmati, Gotikhel, and Lele in Lalitpur to understand the election preparedness and security situation. The program involves on-site monitoring of relevant security agencies and polling centers, keeping in mind election security and the overall electoral environment, followed by issuing directives to the security forces.

Previously, on Sunday, a delegation of high-ranking officials including Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal, Home Secretary Rajkumar Shrestha, Inspector General of Police Dan Bahadur Karki, and Inspector General of Armed Police Raju Aryal conducted on-site inspections and monitoring of election preparations and security arrangements after traveling through Nepalgunj in Banke to Achham, Bajhang, Bajura, and Dhangadhi in Kailali.

On that occasion, Minister Aryal expressed confidence that the election would be conducted in a clean, impartial, and fear-free environment and called upon voters to exercise their franchise without hesitation.

Prior to that, on Falgun 15, a high-level team including Home Minister Aryal and Acting Chief Election Commissioner Ramprasad Bhandari held discussions and interactions regarding election preparations and law and order in Dolakha, Okhaldhunga, Morang, Rautahat, and Parsa with the District Security Committee, major political parties in the district, Chief Polling Officers, and other stakeholders.

The government has strengthened and made effective election security and the overall law and order situation in the country to ensure the election is held in a clean, impartial, and fear-free environment.