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The counting of votes for the by-election held in Bara-2 on Sunday will begin from 11 am today. Chief Election Officer Mukesh Upadhyay said that an all-party meeting held this morning at the Education Training Center in Gangapur, Kalaiya has decided to start the counting of votes at 11 am. UML leader and former minister Jwala Sah said that the parties have agreed to allow two representatives each of 34 candidates to sit in the room where the votes will be counted. The Election Commission said that 68, 887 votes were cast in the election held in Bara-2 on Sunday.    

Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Swarnim Wagle is leading the vote count in Tanahun-1. Out of 16, 342 votes counted so far, Wagle has secured 9, 198 votes while Govinda Bhattarai of Nepali Congress and Sarbendra Khanal of CPN-UML have secured 3, 803 votes and 2, 430 votes respectively. RSP’s Wagle is leading the vote count by 5, 395 votes.

The voting has been suspended at a polling center in Chitwan-2. It has been learnt that the voting was suspended at the Naya Kiran Secondary School polling center in Bharatpur Metropolitan City 11. The voting had to be stopped as the leaders and cadres of rival political parties protested, saying supporters of Rastriya Swatantra Party's candidate Rabi Lamichhane chanted slogans as he turned to the polling booth. Voting was taking place at seven centers in this polling station. Discussion to resume the voting is underway, said Ishwori Acharya, Assistant Election Officer at the Office of the Chief Returning Officer. Representatives of various political parties have accused the Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate of violating the election code of conduct by carrying out sloganeering.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stressed on the need of drafting a law for the registration of vehicles manufactured within the country. During his meeting with Chief Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi today, the Prime Minister asked him to prepare a law ensuring the registration of home-manufactured vehicles and adopt a policy for promoting the Nepali products. Prime Minister Dahal said that his attention has been drawn to media concerns over the absence of provision of registering motor vehicles manufactured within the country. Following the PM's direction, the Chief Secretary talked to Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Madhu Marasini and asked him to prepare a draft of the law regarding the registration and promotion of motor vehicles produced within the country and present it before the House.