Election Commission Declares 8 Ward Chairpersons Vacant

Kathmandu. The Election Commission has announced that the posts of 8 ward chairpersons elected from the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) have become vacant. The posts of these representatives, elected from UML in the local level elections of 2079 BS, have become vacant after they defected from the party and joined other parties.

The UML's Central Secretariat had informed the Commission with a copy of the decision stating that these representatives had defected from the party. Based on that information, the Commission's meeting on Tuesday decided that the posts they were elected to have become vacant, in accordance with Section 32 (1) of the Political Parties Act, 2073 and Rule 22 of the Regulations, 2074.

According to the Commission, the posts of ward chairpersons from various districts of Koshi, Bagmati, and Lumbini provinces have become vacant. Among those removed from office are Kamal Bahadur Baniya of Ward No. 1 and Kamal Tamang of Ward No. 6 of Molung Rural Municipality in Okhaldhunga, and the post of Suresh Kumar Thapa, ward chairperson of Champadevi Rural Municipality Ward No. 7, has also become vacant.

Similarly, the Commission stated that the posts of Raj Kumar Panthi of Mathagadhi Rural Municipality-1 in Palpa, Homprasad Bajgai of Bagmati Rural Municipality-7 in Lalitpur, and Ram Kumar Shrestha of Letang Municipality-4 in Morang have become vacant.

Mahesh Kumar Khanal of Rangi Rural Municipality-1 in Morang and ward chairperson Madhusudan Sharma of Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City Ward No. 4 in Dang have also been removed from office.