Rukum, December 1
Two voting centres of Rukum West district are holding voting for provincial and federal parliamentary elections today.
The centres in Banphikot and Aathbiskot rural municipalities will hold voting today. Earlier, voting was disrupted in these places as ballot papers were set on fire.
The cente in Banphikot will hold voting for House of Representatives only whereas voters at the centre in Aathbiskot will cast their ballots under proportional representation system only as ballots for those polls were destroyed on Sunday, informs Chief Returning Officer Kaji Bahadur Rai.
Meanwhile, police arrested some Nepali Congress cadres for allegedly hurling acid to set the ballots on fire.
Vote counting from these centres will also begin after the conclusion of second phase of elections in other districts next week.
