The Election Commission (EC) has sought clarification from Keshav Sthapit, who has been nominated by the CPN (UML) for the post of Chief of the Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation in the upcoming local elections.
A spokesperson for the Election Commission, Shaligram Sharma Poudel, said that a letter was sent to the commissioners within 24 hours to submit an explanation regarding the information received by the commissioners that they had used abusive language in response to a question about sexual harassment in a recent public election program.
Poudel said that a letter has been sent to the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) issuing joint statement demanding rejection of his candidature.
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