Supreme Court Petition Filed to Halt Oath of Office for Newly Elected Lawmaker Dhaneendra Karki

Kathmandu. A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court demanding that Dhaneendra Karki, a member elected to the House of Representatives from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), not be administered the oath of office. The petition was filed on Tuesday by Prabhat Kumar Khatwal Chhetri (KC), the closest competitor from the CPN-UML.He argued that a person blacklisted by the Credit Information Center is ineligible to be a candidate, and thus, he named Karki as well as the Election Commission as respondents for declaring Karki elected.Karki, elected from Sindhuli Constituency No. 1, secured victory with 16,659 votes, while Khatwal...