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The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has formed two sub-committees for party adjustment and upcoming election. 

A Central Committee meeting of the party held today decided to form a candidate recommendation sub-committee under coordination of party vice-chairperson Dr Swarnim Wagle to select capable candidates for election to the House of Representatives scheduled for March 5.

The sub-committee has got the responsibility to select capable candidates and recommend for the election process, said RSP Spokesperson, Manish Jha. 

Similarly, the party unity adjustment sub-committee was also formed under coordination of party general-secretary Kabindra Burlakoti with an objective of facilitating party unification and adjustment process. 

The party secretary would nominate members for sub-committees. 

Representatives of three separate groups of Muslim Community held a meeting jointly with Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal at the Home Ministry today.

Office-bearers of the National Muslim Coordination Committee from Muslim Community and representatives of Federal Democratic Alliance jointly met with Home Minister Aryal and submitted memorandums.

Receiving the memorandums separately submitted by the community, he said the government and home administration were committed to bring anyone disturbing other's religious sentiments under the ambit of law.

He argued that maintaining religious faith and tolerance in province and district-level is a major need of the hour. The Home Minister laid emphasis that the provincial government, district administration office, police and other communities should play equally active roles to maintain peace and security, adding maintaining peace and security is the main responsibility of home administration.

Similarly, the representatives had drawn attention of the Home Minister towards some anti-social and activities disrupting religious tolerance increasing in the community as well as the environment where peace, law and order could be disrupted during the March 5 election.  

Similarly, Mohammad Yunus Ahmar (Hasmi), Maulana Mazhrul Hasan, Sima Khan, Maulana Khursid Alam and Taj Muhammad Miya, National Assembly member Khalid Siddiqui, Kalpana Miya, Mohammad Rizwan Ansari, Bimala Ansari among others were present on the occasion. 

Meanwhile, a team comprising the Mayor of Shitaganga Municipality in Arghakhanchi district, Chhabi Lal Poudel today submitted a memorandum before Home Minister Aryal at the Home Ministry, demanding establishment of an area administration office in the municipality. 

CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and Nepali Communist Party Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal held a meeting at the residence of businessman Sharada Prasad Adhikari in Manbhawan, Lalitpur on Sunday. 

Adhikari is a trusted and close businessman of Dahal.

They had a conversation for over an hour, according to a source. 

After holding a meeting with Dahal, Oli went straight to Gundu, Bhaktapur. 

With the unification of new parties for the House of Representatives elections scheduled for March 5, informal discussions are underway among the leaders of the three major political parties—Nepali Congress, UML and the Nepali Communist Party—for electoral alliance.

However, the alliance has not been finalized.

They discussed contemporary political issues and electoral alliance for the forthcoming elections, Dahal Secretariat said.

Meanwhile, Dahal is leaving for India to take part in a program today. 

The code of conduct for the upcoming elections to the House of Representatives has stipulated that the government and semi-government bodies are not allowed to carry out any activities in favor of or against any political party.

The code of conduct set by the Election Commission for the March 5 elections has provided that no resources of any project should be provided in a way that they can be used in favor of or against any party or candidate. No work should be done that would obstruct the election management and voter education and other programs run by the Commission in any way, or that materials or information related to the election should be damaged or altered in any way.

According to the code of conduct, no government or semi-government body or public organization or university or school or college should be used for or against election-related gatherings or publicity. Provisions have been made that jackets, shirts, vests, T-shirts, hats or caps, shawls, masks, lockets or any other type of clothing or symbolic materials such as stickers, logos, bags, badges, tattoos, etc. bearing the election symbols of political parties or candidates cannot be produced, used, sold, distributed or displayed.

The code of conduct has made provisions that political activities or publicity cannot be carried out on the property of a private organization or institution owned by any individual without the permission of the house or landowner.

The code of conduct prohibits the use of children in election publicity. The code of conduct also makes provisions that any kind of procession, public meeting, corner meeting, meeting, gathering or election propaganda cannot be carried out in a way that obstructs public mobility.

It also provides that false, misleading, or hateful information cannot be disseminated in any media, including social media.