KATHMANDU, March 12: A complaint has been filed against the vice-presidential candidate from Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav.
Claiming that Yadav's candidacy was against the constitution and law, a group of people including CPN-UML parliamentarian Mahesh Bartaula on Saturday registered the complaint against Yadav at the Office of the Election Officer at New Baneshwor.
Yadav reaches EC office to respond to complaint against him
"The Clause 16(5) of the President and Vice-President Election Act, 2074 has stipulated a provision that individuals belonging to different gender or community than that of the President-elect should file nomination for vice-president", the complaint stated.
Parliamentarian Bartaula said a woman candidate should be the vice-president of the country when the President was elected from men.
