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Voter education program conducted by the Election Commission across the country with the objective of educating the importance of elections and the voting process and reducing invalid votes has been completed.

The Commission had conducted the voter education program in all 6,743 wards across the country. 

The voter education program which began on February 15 was completed on Sunday in all wards of 753 local levels across the country. 

Voter education volunteers were mobilized in every ward for the voter education program.

Election Commissioner Dr Janaki Kumari Tuladhar said that the program was completed through volunteers reaching out to voters at their doorsteps. 

She also praised the contribution of female community health volunteers, who made the targeted program successful.

Health volunteers have been given the responsibility to provide voter education since the 2079 BS general elections. 

For the purpose of the voter education program, the commission had also appointed the focal points at the local level, who served as monitors of the election voter education program and conducted orientation.

Holi, one of the major festivals observed in Nepal, is being celebrated in the hilly parts of the country today.

The festival of goodwill and harmony will be celebrated in Tarai tomorrow.

Also called Phagu Poornima, people celebrate this festival by smearing colorful powders and throwing colored water at each other while dancing and singing.

People of all ages, old and young as well as children participate in the festival.

Since age-old times, the Holi festival has been observed as a celebration of the victory of truth over falsehood.

As it is celebrated by one and all, the Holi festival has contributed to minimizing inequality and discrimination in the society.

Meanwhile, President Ram Chandra Paudel has wished that the Holi festival provides further inspiration to eradicate various types of distortions, anomalies and evil customs existing in the society, to protect and promote the indigenous culture and to maintain mutual harmony in the country.

President Paudel said that the Holi festival, which is celebrated with joy and happiness to celebrate the victory of truth over falsehood, justice over injustice, virtue over vice, and religion over unrighteousness, has a tradition of renouncing enmity and expressing goodwill and having fun with relatives and friends by applying colors and paints to each other with love and intimacy.

Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, National Assembly Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal, former President Bidya Devi Bhandari, former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, and other leaders have, in separate statements, also extended their best wishes to all those celebrating the festival today and tomorrow.

Inspector General of Police Dan Bahadur Karki has emphasized that police personnel should view the House of Representatives (HoR) election as a national commitment and fulfill their responsibilities with a collective sense of duty to guarantee a peaceful election. 

While addressing police staff today through audio-visual means about the security measures to be implemented before, during, and after the election, as well as current issues, he urged them to remember their obligations to the nation. 

Furthermore, he instructed them to be stationed in their designated areas with strategies developed from an analysis of security concerns.

 Inspector General of Police Karki highlighted the necessity for dependable security plans and the importance of ongoing coordination and collaboration with other security agencies.

In view of the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives, security protocols have been enhanced throughout Madhes Province. 

Madhes Province Police Office in Janakpurdham has stated that election preparations are being executed systematically to avert any breaches of the election code of conduct and to ensure a fair and peaceful atmosphere. 

Security measures have been escalated in the border regions between Nepal and India that are linked to the province. Checkpoints have been set up, and special surveillance is being implemented. 

The office has reported that oversight and evaluations concerning the security of polling centers across all eight districts have already been carried out.

According to the office, out of 2,160 polling stations in Madhesh Province, 1,246 polling stations fall under the highly sensitive category. Most of the polling stations connected to the Indian border in the province are highly sensitive. 

The monitoring and security measures are being carried out in a planned manner, said Kamal Thapa, spokesperson of the Madhesh Province Police Office. He stated that, according to the study of the security committees of all districts in the province, they have classified the stations as highly sensitive.

It has been reported that out of 32 constituencies for the House of Representatives elections in Madhes Province, 1,246 polling stations have been designated as extremely sensitive, 755 polling stations as sensitive, and 159 polling stations as normal, in terms of security sensitivity.