Kathmandu, May 15: Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav took stock of the polls by visiting different polling booths and polling centers in the Kathmandu Valley Sunday afternoon.
The CEC visited and observed the polls at Mitrapark, Jorpati, Thali, Gokarna, Dakshindhoka and took information about the voters, candidates, political parties’ representatives and other activities of the polls.
Talking to media persons after the monitoring, Dr Yadav said that the polls turned a historic festival for people’s enthusiastic participation and peaceful environment.
Likewise, Election Commissioner Ishwori Poudyal cast vote from Ex-Army Premises in Lalitpur.
Election Commissioner Ila Sharma inspected the polling activities in different polling centres in Bhaktapur Municipality.
Similarly, Secretary at the Election Commission Gopinath Mainali also visited different polling centres and booths and took information on people’s participation and the election management.
Mainali monitored the polling activities by visiting Shanti Malika Higher Secondary School at Golphutar, Janajagriti Higher Secondary School, Chapali-based Ward Office and Dhrubatara Higher Secondary School and Narayan Satal in Budhanilkantha.
Election zeal takes elderly to mourning ones to vote for peace, development
After casting their votes, senior citizens and persons mourning the death of the family members participated in the voting expecting that the election would ensure peace and development works take place.
One of them was 88-year-old Bhagawati Khadka of Surya Binayak Municipality in Bhaktapur who had been to the polling station at the Bal Binayak Elementary School at Balkot to vote.
Accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law, the other eligible voters, she expressed her happiness over the opportunity to exercise her franchise after 19 years.
She confided that her vote was to elect the people’s representatives who would materialize peace and development in her village as well as in the country.
“I want to see my dreams of developed and peaceful Nepal,” the elderly articulated her wish.
Similarly, 92-year-old Bhim Bahadur Khadka of Sirutar from the same municipality was spotted in the VDC building at Siruwatar for the same.
Ramesh Raut of Sirutar at Surya Binayak Muncipality-1, who has been mourning the death of his mother, also visited his nearest polling station.
He shared that he came to vote because the candidates contesting the local level poll were the locals from his village.
Likewise, two women from Bagehini in Changu Narayan who have been mourning the death of their fathers said that they did not want to spare the opportunity to elect representatives so came to vote despite the distressing time.
Ashish Ghimire and Sher Bahadur Giri from the same locality, who also lost their fathers, had been to the polling station to exercise their voting rights. RSS
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