Birgunj, May 13
Police have confiscated umbrellas outside a polling station in Balmandir in ward number 10 of the Birgunj metropolitan city on the voting day of local elections.
DSP Om Prakash Khanal, the spokesperson of Parsa District Police Office, says the police confiscated over 100 umbrellas from the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN)’s office near the polling station. The umbrella is the party’s election symbol also.
The police believe that the party cadres were trying to influence voters by distributing umbrellas.
