A meeting of the central people’s movement coordination committee of the seven agitating parties called upon the people not to allow persons who were and would be elected in the municipal elections from entering the local body offices.

A press statement issued by the committee also called on the people to socially and politically boycott the ‘elected persons’ saying the elections were being held to prolong the King’s autocracy and the elected people will not represent the people.

It also condemned the government for keeping under control some of the persons even after they were declared elected unopposed.

Meanwhile, the seven agitating parties on Sunday held anti-election marches in various constituencies of Kathmandu Valley from villages to the city centres of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur municipalities calling upon the people to boycott the municipal polls.

Meanwhile a report said there is 2104 vacant posts in 58 municipalities after 647 candidates took back their candidacy.

There are a total of 4,146 posts in one metropolis, three sub-metropolis and 54 municipalities across the country.

Many candidates took back their nominations due to the threats from seven political parties to socially boycott them and the Maoist threats to take physical action.

The alliance of the seven political parties is actively boycotting the municipal poll.

The EC, after publicizing the final list of candidates also distributed election symbol to the candidates.