The Election Commission said all election related preparations were completed and the voters could cast their ballot on November 20 parliamentary election in a fearless manner. A total of 246,960 staff and around 300 thousand of security personnel have reached their respective duty stations with election materials for the upcoming twin poll, the Commission said. The Commission appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise without being under the influence of anyone or without being fearful and intimidated.

The Commission shared that all managerial works related to election were completed and security arrangements are in place to make the election free and fair. The election will be held in a transparent and peaceful environment.

At a press conference organized here by the Commission on Thursday, Chief Commissioner Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya said that the Commission was aware about the election management and operation getting adversely affected due to dissemination of false and misleading information and hate-speech at home and abroad for vested political interest prior and after the election. Thapaliya requested the election staffs, security persons, observers, monitoring team members or any individual to inform the concerned authorities about any activity imperiling the election process that come to their knowledge and asked the concerned authority to prevent such activity from happening and take action against the wrongdoers. He said that a 'reserve force' was in place which could reach the site within 3o minutes to deal with untoward activities. As silence period begins from this midnight (Thursday) onwards, none can run election campaign during this period publicly. Towards this, the Commission has directed the Advertisement Board to monitor whether the election related promotional materials were posted or shared in social networking sites and other digital platforms during the silence hour.