Election Candidates Open Bank Accounts Following Mandatory Spending Rules Set by Election Commission

Kathmandu. Following the Election Commission's mandatory arrangement requiring election expenditures to be made through bank and financial institution accounts, candidates have been rapidly opening accounts. The Commission has established a system for political parties and candidates to open separate bank accounts for election spending. In accordance with this arrangement, 671 candidates have opened electoral accounts with banks and financial institutions so far.

Narayana Prasad Bhattarai, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson for the Commission, informed that information received by the Commission's system indicates that 671 out of 3,406 direct candidates have opened bank accounts.