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CPN-UML candidate Bijay Subedi is leading the vote count with a narrow in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.

Out of 10, 405 votes counted so far, Subedi has garnered 3, 633 votes while CPN (Maoist Centre) candidate Renu Dahal secured 3, 629 votes.

Similarly, independent candidate Jagannath Paudel received 1, 397 votes.

Likewise, Nepali Congress deputy mayoral candidate Chitrasen Adhikari obtained 4, 113 votes and Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate Himala Gurung, who has got support of the UML, 2, 861 votes.

Ward chairperson 

Bikash Thapa (UML): 1, 171 votes

Bharat Lamichhane (NC): 752 votes

Independent candidate Balen Shah is leading the vote count in Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

Shah is in the first place with 6, 207 votes while CPN-UML candidate Keshav Sthapit is in the second place with 3, 243 votes and Nepali Congress candidate Srijana Singh is in the third place with 2, 885 votes.

The vote counting is underway in ward 1, 2, 3, 4 and 32 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City.

The main opposition CPN-UML has accused the ruling alliance of rigging the local level elections.

Issuing a statement on Sunday, party General Secretary Shankar Pokharel accused the ruling coalition of rigging during the elections and vote counting in a premeditated way.

Pokharel said that the ruling alliance has made the mockery of democracy and democratic practices.

He accused the Home administration of completely in favour of ruling alliance and against the CPN-UML during the elections.

The UML has urged the Election Commission to conduct re-voting and re-counting of votes as per the applications submitted by the UML central office and the concerned candidates to the election officers of the concerned municipalities and the commission.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba along with the ministers landed in Lumbini on Sunday.

They arrived in Lumbini to welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to take part in the Buddha Jayanti among other programs.

Along with Deuba, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka and Tourism Minister Prem Ale arrived in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha, this afternoon.

Prime Minister Deuba is scheduled to inaugurate Gautam Buddha International Airport tomorrow.

He will inaugurate a meditation center in Lumbini at 9 am.

Similarly, Deuba along with his Indian counterpart will address a program organized by the Lumbini Development Fund on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti.

Prime Minister Deuba, ministers and chiefs of all the security agencies are in Lumbini at present. 

A large number of security personnel have been deployed in and around the Lumbini area.