"General Election Commission"

#13001433

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party, gestures as he receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001437

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), raises a red rose, the election symbol of the party, as he receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001440

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), raises a red rose, the election symbol of the party, as he receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001446

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), is surrounded by cadres holding a red rose, the election symbol of the party, as they receive the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fought government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001448

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), holds a red rose, the election symbol of the party, as he receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001449

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand, General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party, gestures as he receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party, which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party, which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001441

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand (second from right), General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), receives the certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party (which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party) that fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001442

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand (second from right), General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), raises the certificate of registration that he receives from the Election Commission, Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after inking a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally signs itself for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party (which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party) which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#13001443

18 November 2025

Netra Bikram Chand (center bottom), General Secretary of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), addresses the media after receiving a certificate of registration from the Election Commission in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 18, 2025. Chand leads the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a communist rebel group that enters politics in 2021 after signing a 3-point peace deal with the then government. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) stages a nationwide spree of violence over a period of time and now formally registers for the election. The CPN (Maoist) splits from the Maoist Communist Party (which now merges into the Nepali Communist Party), which fights government troops between 1996 and 2006 when it gives up its armed revolt and enters mainstream politics.

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#12948700

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948702

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948704

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948705

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948707

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948708

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, walk in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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#12948713

4 November 2025

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party's chairperson and India's West Bengal state chief minister Mamata Banerjee holds the India Constitution book with TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and walks in a rally against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Kolkata, India, on November 4, 2025. The Trinamool Congress, which she heads, alleges that the revision drive amounts to a ''silent, invisible rigging'' orchestrated by the BJP-led central government in collusion with the Election Commission.

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