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The Milan Pandey faction filed a case at the Supreme Court against Bibeksheel Party Coordinator Rabindra Mishra and the Election Commission on Wednesday. 

The Pandey faction filed the case at the apex court against Mishra and the poll body saying that the party took action against them for no reasons. 

Former party coordinator Pandey said that they moved the court alleging that the party took action against them at the direction of Mishra.

The party had expelled Pandey on December 21.

Earlier, Pandey had announced a 201-member Central Committee in the name of strengthening the party. The establishment faction, however, expelled Pandey taking this as an attempt to split the party.

Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand and Finance Minister Janardan Sharma today held a meeting to discuss the budget in view of the upcoming elections. 

During the meeting that took place at the Ministry of Home Affairs, the two primarily discussed the budget for transport and logistics management for security bodies (Nepal Police and the Armed Police Force) in the election, according to Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division chief, joint-secretary Dr Bhisma Kumar Bhusal. As said by Bhusal, the Home Ministry is expected to estimate the budget towards current expenditures also till Thursday and send it to the Finance Ministry.  

Home Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, Finance Secretary Madhu Marasini and Chief of Security and Coordination Division, Ministry of Home, Joint Secretary Mukunda Niraula were present in the discussions.  

On the occasion, the Finance Minister apprised the Home Minister about pressure on the Ministry with the announcement of the local-level poll for upcoming May 13.  In response, the Home Minister said the Ministry was aware of the work pressure on the Finance Minister before the election and it would appraise it of essential issues in the days ahead.

The meeting followed the Nepal Police and the APF’s demands for vehicles and required election logistics from the government in view of the election. RSS

The Democratic Socialist Party has demanded that the government hold the local level elections in Madhesh in September.

The government has decided to hold the local level elections in all the 753 federal units in a single phase on May 13.

Democratic Socialist Party Madhesh Pradhesh Chairman Jitendra Sonal said that the representatives of Madhesh will be deprived of their rights if the elections are held in May.

“I would like to draw the attention of the Nepal government, Election Commission and concerned stakeholders that the elections should be held in September as the five-year term of the elected representatives will expire only in September,” read a statement issued on Wednesday.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba extended his tributes on the 7th memorial day of former Prime Minister and former NC President Sushil Koirala.

Paying homage to the late Koirala through Facebook, PM said that the immense contribution of Koirala to NC and his leadership role in the promulgation of the constitution would be always inspiring to us.

Former NC President Koirala, who was leading the government while promulgating the constitution in 2015, died on this day in 2016. RSS