Nepal PM Karki Thanks India as Ballot Printing Accelerates for March 5 Vote

Overview

• During a meeting with Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava, Prime Minister Sushila Karki thanked India for providing vehicles and other materials for the parliamentary polls.
• Srivastava said supporting Nepal’s elections is his duty as a friendly neighbor and noted that the stability achieved after the vote will matter to India.
• Nepal’s Election Commission has begun sending ballot boxes to remote districts as part of nationwide logistics for next month’s polling.
• The commission reports 10,963,000 FPTP ballots printed for 88 constituencies across 37 districts, against a total requirement of 20,323,000, with packing completed for 37 districts.
• PR ballot printing began January 10, surpassing 20.83 million by January 27, as Nepal prepares for the March 5 House of Representatives election, the first since last year’s Gen-Z protests toppled the Oli-led coalition.