KATHMANDU: The election of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRN) which was stalled yesterday due to some technical glitches in the voting machine has started.

The election was postponed for 10 am today after the voting machine went phut while voting was underway, according to Election Commissioner Shiva Rijal.

Voters had vented ire and vandalized the polling station saying that the election began later than the scheduled time.

As many as 76 candidates have filed nomination for 42 seats in the new leadership of the NRN.

Kumar Panta and Kul Acharya are in the fray for the post of chairperson. Similarly, Janaki Gurung and Dr Hemraj Sharma have filed nomination for the post of General Secretary.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari had inaugurated the ninth Nepali Global Conference of the NRN that began in Kathmandu on Tuesday with a slogan, ‘Ma, Mero NRN Ra Mero Nepal.”

A total of 2, 500 representatives from 81 countries are taking part in the three-day conference that will last until Thursday.