EC deregisters 6 parties for unpaid fines

KATHMANDU: The Election Commission has deregistered six political parties for failing to pay the fines imposed on them.

Acting under Section 54(4) of the Political Parties Act, 2016, the commission canceled the registration of the parties in accordance with Section 12 of the same Act.

The deregistered parties are: Aam Aadmi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party (Democratic), Nepal Rastrabadi Party, Aadhunik Nepal Socialist Party, Nepal Communist Party (Gauravshali), and Maoist Janmukti Party.

With this action, the total number of registered parties with the commission now stands at 137.