EC cancels candidacy of all Ganotantry Party aspirants

Staff Reporter :
The Election Commission on Tuesday decided to cancel candidature of all aspirants of the ruling alliance member Ganotantry Party as the party has no commission-approved central committee.

The commission issued a letter to all the returning officers in this regard. The EC in the letter said the president and general secretary of the party recently submitted separate committee names to the commission. So, there is no approved committee of the party right now.

The party has been split in two groups and they fielded 12 candidates in total for the 12th national polls set to be held on January 7.

With cancelling of all candidatures of the 14-party-alliance member, total number of parties joining the national polls now drops to 28.