KATHMANDU, June 30: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday ordered all the central leaders of both the Badri Prasad Neupane and Shiv Prasad Tamang led Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekata Party to appear in person before the constitutional body in order to finalize the months-long dispute over party leadership. [break]
A bench of EC comprising Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Neel Kantha Uprety and Commissioners Dolakh Bahadur Gurung, Ayodhi Prasad Yadav, Ram Bhakta PB Thakur and Ila Sharma ordered all the 66 central committee members and office bearers of both the factions to appear in person with their citizenship certificates on July 9.
EC has failed to determine which faction leads the party as leaders of the both the factions have been claiming legitimacy. The Supreme Court (SC) on May 7 had stated that EC has right to take decision on the issue. In a copy of the party central committee decision sent to EC, Neupane led faction had claimed that 47 central leaders are with it. However, EC refused to recognize the faction.