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Bharatpur counting fracas: Hearing deferred till July 17
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rescheduled the final hearing on a writ petition filed against Election Commission (EC)’s decision to hold re-polling in Bharatpur Metropolis-19 for July 17.The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rescheduled the final hearing on a writ petition filed against Election Commission (EC)’s decision to hold re-polling in Bharatpur Metropolis-19 for July 17.
The vote count in Bharatpur-19 was halted after CPN (Maoist Centre) allegedly stormed into the counting centre and tore 90 ballot papers on May 28.
The EC on June 3 had decided to conduct re-election at Ward 19 of Bharatpur Metropolitan City based on a report prepared by a probe team comprising of Office of the Chief Election Officer, Chitwan District Election Office and representatives of Election Commission.
The very next day on June 4, a writ petition was filed at the apex court, seeking annulment of the EC decision, by BK and Pandey, responding to which the SC on June 5 had issued in interim order directing the EC to maintain status quo on its decision to conduct re-polling.
CPN-UML mayoral candidate Devi Prasad Gywali is leading the race against CPN-Maoist Centre Renu Dahal, the daughter of former Prime Minister Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal when the incident occurred.