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In view of the ongoing by-election of the House of Representatives (HoR), the Election Commission (EC) has sought clarification from Madhesh Province Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav for violating the election code of conduct. The EC said that the Chief Minister's visit to the Pacharauta Municipality was against the election code of conduct when the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election was underway in the Bara electoral constituency-2. It is said the Chief Minister's visit was not permitted by the EC and it is capable of adversely affecting the impartiality of the election In the 24-hour clarification, the Chief Minister was asked to challenge whether the vehicle he used during the visit had a white number plate and security arrangements for the visit were managed by the government level, whether his move was proper to his post and violated the election code of conduct and whether he deserved the action in accordance with the Election Commission Act, 2079 BS for the violation of Code of Conduct, according to EC Under Secretary Kamal Gyawali.  

A leader of the Janata Samajbadi Party has been arrested from the Jabdi voting center in Devtal Rural Municipality-7,Bara on Sunday. A police team deployed to protect the ballot box apprehended Janata Samajbadi Party leader and District Coordination Committee member Ram Sagar Yadav this morning. Police said that they detained Yadav after he tried to cast two ballot papers having swastik stamp. He has been sent to the District Police Office, Bara. Meanwhile, the JSP leaders have tried to capture the booth at the voting center in Inaruwa of Mahagadhimai Municipality-2, Bara. Journalists have also been barred from entering the voting center.

Voting started peacefully in Bara-2 on Sunday. The Election Commission said that the voting that started at 7 am will continue till 5 pm today. Bara-2 has remained vacant after Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav was elected to the post of Vice-President. The constituency has a total of 102, 548 eligible voters. There are 82 polling stations in the constituency. There are 67 sensitive voting centers out of 137 in the constituency. Upendra Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party, Shiva Chandra Kushawaha of Janamat Party, Purushottam Paudel of CPN-UML, Ramesh Kharel of Rastriya Swatantra Party, Arun Gyawali of Aam Janata Party among others are in the fray. Among the 34 candidates in Bara, 24 have filed their nominations as independent candidates.  

Voting began in Chitwan constituency 2 on Sunday. Voting has started in all 138 polling centers of 43 polling stations at 7 am, said assistant returning officer Ishwori Acharya. There was an encouraging participation of voters as they queued to exercise their franchise braving hot temperature. The constituency has a total of 124,695 eligible voters (63,291 women, 61,403 men and one third gender). The main competitors from the constituency are Nepali Congress Jit Narayan Shrestha from the democratic-left alliance, CPN-UML's Ram Prasad Neupane and Rastriya Swatantra Party's Rabi Lamichhane. Of them, Shrestha is casting his vote from the polling center at Chartumukhi Secondary School at Shaktikhor while Neupane and Lamichhane are missing in the voter roll, it has been said. Lamichhane vacated the House of Representatives in a citizenship issue.