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Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stressed on the need of drafting a law for the registration of vehicles manufactured within the country. During his meeting with Chief Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi today, the Prime Minister asked him to prepare a law ensuring the registration of home-manufactured vehicles and adopt a policy for promoting the Nepali products. Prime Minister Dahal said that his attention has been drawn to media concerns over the absence of provision of registering motor vehicles manufactured within the country. Following the PM's direction, the Chief Secretary talked to Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Madhu Marasini and asked him to prepare a draft of the law regarding the registration and promotion of motor vehicles produced within the country and present it before the House.    

In view of the ongoing by-election of the House of Representatives (HoR), the Election Commission (EC) has sought clarification from Madhesh Province Chief Minister Saroj Kumar Yadav for violating the election code of conduct. The EC said that the Chief Minister's visit to the Pacharauta Municipality was against the election code of conduct when the House of Representatives (HoR) by-election was underway in the Bara electoral constituency-2. It is said the Chief Minister's visit was not permitted by the EC and it is capable of adversely affecting the impartiality of the election In the 24-hour clarification, the Chief Minister was asked to challenge whether the vehicle he used during the visit had a white number plate and security arrangements for the visit were managed by the government level, whether his move was proper to his post and violated the election code of conduct and whether he deserved the action in accordance with the Election Commission Act, 2079 BS for the violation of Code of Conduct, according to EC Under Secretary Kamal Gyawali.  

A leader of the Janata Samajbadi Party has been arrested from the Jabdi voting center in Devtal Rural Municipality-7,Bara on Sunday. A police team deployed to protect the ballot box apprehended Janata Samajbadi Party leader and District Coordination Committee member Ram Sagar Yadav this morning. Police said that they detained Yadav after he tried to cast two ballot papers having swastik stamp. He has been sent to the District Police Office, Bara. Meanwhile, the JSP leaders have tried to capture the booth at the voting center in Inaruwa of Mahagadhimai Municipality-2, Bara. Journalists have also been barred from entering the voting center.

Voting started peacefully in Bara-2 on Sunday. The Election Commission said that the voting that started at 7 am will continue till 5 pm today. Bara-2 has remained vacant after Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav was elected to the post of Vice-President. The constituency has a total of 102, 548 eligible voters. There are 82 polling stations in the constituency. There are 67 sensitive voting centers out of 137 in the constituency. Upendra Yadav of Janata Samajbadi Party, Shiva Chandra Kushawaha of Janamat Party, Purushottam Paudel of CPN-UML, Ramesh Kharel of Rastriya Swatantra Party, Arun Gyawali of Aam Janata Party among others are in the fray. Among the 34 candidates in Bara, 24 have filed their nominations as independent candidates.