KATHMANDU, March 11: The Supreme Court (SC) has annulled the Election Commission's (EC) decision to reject the candidacy of Toshima Karki, a member of parliament from the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP).
A bench of Justices Manoj Kumar Sharma and Mahesh Sharma Paudel rejected the two and half year old decision of EC to invalidate Karki’s candidacy.
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At that time, due to an interim order from the SC, Karki’s candidacy remained unchanged and she was elected from Lalitpur-3 in the contest.
Following this SC decision, her position has become secure.
