Vice-chairman of Nepal Janata Party Prabhu Prasad Kalwar moved the apex court stating that the provision is against the right to equality. [break]
The writ petitioner has urged the apex court to scrap the provision stating that it is discriminatory as the provision is applicable only for new parties.
He has also claimed that an order issued by the president to remove constitutional hurdle regarding the issue is unconstitutional arguing that the latter does not have right to change the basic principle of the constitution.
Fringe political parties have been objecting to the provision of 10,000 voters´ signatures stating that it is indented to bar them from being represented in upcoming CA.
Political parties must submit their respective manifestos, statutes, regulations, flags and election symbols among other things, while a new political parties must also submit the signatures of 10,000 voters in order to be registered at the EC.
The EC has already started to register political parties from April 30 in view of the fresh CA polls. The registration process will continue till May 31.
Altogether 34 political parties have filed applications at the EC to get registered so far and five of these are new -- Nepal Nagarik Party, Jana Prajatantrik Party, National Madhes Socialist Party, Khambuwan Rastriya Morcha and Rastriya Swabhiman Party. Remaining 29 parties were elected in the erstwhile Constituent Assembly (CA).
The president´s office, office of the Interim Election Council, Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety, EC and ministry of law and justice have been made defendants in the writ petition.
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