EC to announce new program for Bara-4 polls

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: The Election Commission is to extend the time for a new candidate of the CPN-UML in Constituency No. 4 of Bara after the demise of earlier candidate Mohammad Alam.



Alam died on Thursday. He was shot at by unknown assailants in Bara last Friday.[break]



As per the existing law, the UML has been given added time to name a new contestant for the constituency.



A new election programme for Bara-4 will be announced soon but election will be held as per schedule, said EC Spokesperson Dolakh Bahadur Gurung.

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