Employees expelled from polling station

BIRATNAGAR: In Morang’s Pathri, a female employee was fired following a disagreement over whether she solicited votes for a candidate of a five-party alliance.

Binita Dahal has been fired from the Janata Secondary School (A) polling station in Morang’s Pathri Shanishare Municipality.

When Kamala Dahal went to vote at the ‘A’ center, there was a disagreement after the staff asked her to vote directly for the alliance’s candidate.

According to Polling Officer Ramkrishna Shrestha, the employee was expelled with police protection after the dispute began in coordination with the political parties. Shrestha informed him that Ramraja Chaudhary had been appointed in his place after he had been expelled.

Voting in this election center began at 7:30 a.m. So far, more than 150 people have voted, according to Shrestha.

Ramhari Kafle, Election Officer for Constituency No. 3, stated that after a disagreement arose over the request to vote for a specific party, the polling officer was told to fire that employee and hire another.

In that center, polling is currently taking place. According to Kafle, voting in Constituency No. 3 is taking place peacefully in many polling stations.