Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba appealed to the Nepali citizens to cast their votes in the upcoming election scheduled to take place on 20 November.
Taking to Twitter, PM Deuba on Thursday urged the citizens to vote for the candidates of the Nepali Congress. “Dear Voters, Let’s celebrate democracy by participating in voting on November 4th. Let’s vote for the candidates of the coalition on each side and the tree symbol of Nepali Congress on the proportional side,” he tweeted.
It is pertinent to mention that November 4 in the Nepali calendar is November 20 in the Indian calendar. According to the Nepal calendar, currently, 2079 is going on.
Earlier, the Nepali government announced a two-day public holiday for the November 20 polls, the Kathmandu Post reported.
Issuing a notice on Tuesday, Home Ministry Spokesperson Fanindra Mani Pokharel said public holidays have been announced for November 20 and November 21 for the House of Representatives and provincial assembly elections.
The notice further states that educational institutions including schools designated as voting centres will be closed on November 18-21, according to Kathmandu Post.
Nepal on 20th November will elect 165 representatives as per the First Past the Post (FPTP) in the 275 membered House of Representatives or the Lower House of the bi-cameral parliament. The remaining 110 seats will be decided on a Proportional Representation basis. The state assemblies on the other hand would account for 330 seats.