The candidacy of the CPN (Unified Socialist) candidate from Rupandehi Constituency-2 Raju Gurung has been scrapped. His candidacy was scrapped after the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Election Commission on Friday. The poll body canceled the candidacy of Gurung, who was indicted in a banking fraud by the court, as per Candidacy Election Act 2074.

A division bench of Justices Ishwor Khatiwada and Kumar Regmi issued the order today saying that his candidacy was against the law.

As a blacklisted person cannot be a candidate in the election to the House of Representatives, it is not possible to issue an interim order as demanded by Gurung,” the Supreme Court said in its decision. Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Gurung cannot be the candidate as his name is on the black list. CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Bishnu Paudel has also filed his candidacy from the same constituency.