KATHMANDU: The Election Commission has deregistered six political parties for failing to pay the fines imposed on them.
According to the Commission, the parties were deregistered in line with Section 54(4) of the Political Parties Act, 2017, and removed from the registry under Section 12 of the same Act after they did not clear the required penalties.
The deregistered parties are: Aam Aadmi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party (Democratic), Nepal Nationalist Party, Modern Nepal Socialist Party, Nepal Communist Party (Glorious), and Maoist Janmukti Party.
With this decision, the total number of political parties registered with the Election Commission now stands at 137.
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