More than 50% of voting centres of Madhes Province included on highly sensitive list

Kathmandu: More than 50 per cent of voting centres of Madhes Province have been included on the most sensitive list.

The Election Commission has kept 1 thousand 63 voting centres of Madhes Province on the most sensitive list by reviewing the security challenges.

Eight districts of the Province share a border with India.

Deputy Inspector General of Police of Madhes Province Police Office in Janakpurdham, Umesh Ranjitkar, said a security arrangement had been made at these voting centres, considering the local-level election scheduled for May 13.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has said there will be no change in the updated voter list before the local level election.

Issuing a statement today, Commission Spokesperson Shaligram Sharma Poudel said the voter list would not be edited.

He said even after the final publication of the voters’ list, applications had been filed seeking relocation and editing the names on the list. Then he clarified that as per the election law, such changes in the voters’ list were not possible as the final list had been announced.