Madhesi parties obstruct updating electoral roll

May 2, 2011
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United Democratic Madheshi Front (UDMF) activists obstructed the updating of digital voters’ identity card with finger prints and pictures in various district of Terai on Monday.

According to spokesperson of Election Commission (EC) ,Sarada Prasad Trital activists obstructed the electoral roll updating campaign in Banke and Morang districts.

We got information that activists warned to stop the work and disturbed the work of to enrolling digital voters’ identity cards in some areas of Banke and Morang, EC spokesperson Trital told Nepalnews.

They threatened us to seize our equipments if we continued work, added Trital.

The United Democratic Madhesi Front comprising of Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party (TMLP), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum – Democratic (MJF-D) and Nepal Sadbhawana Party (NSP) has announced obstruction in the campaign to update the voters’ card on the basis of citizenship. nepalnews.com