KATHMANDU, Dec 25: The Election Commission (EC) has scrapped the registration of six political parties that failed to pay the required fine. According to the EC, the registration of these parties was nullified as per Section 12 of the Political Parties Act, 2016.
The parties that have been deregistered include the Aam Aadmi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party (Loktantrik), Nepal Rastrabadi Party, Aadhunik Nepal Samajwadi Party, Nepal Communist Party (Gaurabhshali), and Maoist Janamukti Party.
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At present, there are 137 parties registered with the EC.
