KATHMANDU, Nov 19: UML provincial candidate Deepak Niraula in Kathmandu Constituency No 5 was detained by the police on Friday evening on the charge of distributing money to influence voters.
Niraula and UML City Committee Chairman Pradeep Dangol reached a house in Budhanilkantha-6 when they went to distribute money, the police arrested them based on the information of local residents, according to the Budhanilkantha Police Division.
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On the other hand, UML's Kathmandu 5 Election Operational Committee issued a statement regarding the issue stating that candidate Niraula and committee chairman Dangol went to see and wish good health to Tokman Lama, who has been suffering from cancer for a long time in Budhanilkantha. According to the statement, they had gone to get information regarding Lama’s health.
The committee has objected to the fact that the police were called by abusing the state machinery and that they were trying to discredit the party and candidate by abusing them of distributing money.
