The Election Commission has directed 82 political parties to make public their audit report. A meeting of the poll body held on Wednesday directed 82 parties that have submitted the audit report for the fiscal year 2078/2079 within the given time to publish the report through the concerned party’s office, website, mass media (newspapers, radio, television etc), social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) within seven days and inform the Commission about it. According to sub-section (1) of Section 41 of the Act on Political Parties, 2073, there is a legal provision that political parties that are registered with the Commission must be audited by a licensed auditor within six months of the end of the fiscal year and submit the audit report to the Commission within a month.

Muskan Sena Nepal Party, Shiva Sena Nepal, Aam Aadmi Party Nepal, Rastriya Janmukhi Party Loktantrik and Nepal Communist Party Loktantrik, which have not submitted the audit report for the fiscal years 2077/78 and 2078/79, have been directed to furnish clarification why they should not be taken action as per clause (a) of sub-section (5) of section 54 of the Political Parties Act, 2073.