“There is no sufficient evidence to nullify the defendant’s victory in the election,” Justice Anup Raj Sharma, who headed a three-member Constituent Assembly Court, said in the verdict.
Rijal´s election was questioned at the Supreme Court after his nearest rival from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Birendra Prasad Yadav moved the court accusing him of rigging in the election held on April 10, 2008.
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