Proposed Election Commissioner withdraws his nomination

KATHMANDU: Krishna Man Pradhan, who is proposed to the post of Election Commissioner, has informed the Parliamentary Hearing Committee that he wished to withdraw his candidacy to the proposed post.

In a letter to the Committee today, Pradhan said that despite his sincerity to the recommendation of the Constitutional Council, he did not have the motivation and wish to carry out works remaining in the post for which he has been recommended for in the midst of propaganda centered on him.

Through the letter, he has also expressed his commitment to remain honest towards any responsibility that the State provides him in future.

The Constitutional Council on June 16 proposed Pradhan’s name for appointment to the post of Election Commissioner and forwarded a proposal to this connection to the Parliament Secretariat for parliamentary hearing.

The Committee conducted a hearing of Pradhan, the former Executive Director of Nepal Law Society, on July 24.

Four complaints were filed at the Committee against Pradhan charging him of violence against women.