{"id":42878,"date":"2026-02-23T20:21:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=42878"},"modified":"2026-02-23T20:21:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:36:06","slug":"people-must-have-the-right-to-vote-freely-uml-chair-oli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/people-must-have-the-right-to-vote-freely-uml-chair-oli\/","title":{"rendered":"People must have the right to vote freely: UML Chair Oli"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Damak (Jhapa), Feb 23: CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli asserted that voters should have the freedom to cast their votes independently, reiterating that the UML is a strong advocate for peaceful elections.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking at the announcement assembly of the party&#8217;s National &#8216;Volunteer Force&#8217; Koshi Province Committee in Damak today, Oli highlighted the ongoing attempts to disrupt the electoral process, urging the government to guarantee that elections are held fairly and without intimidation.<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating that UML is committed to peaceful politics and stability, he conveyed his belief that the party should now steer the nation towards prosperity and development. Oli, who is also a candidate for the House of Representatives from Jhapa Constituency-5, remarked, &#8220;No one should envision the nation&#8217;s progress without UML; it is UML that will guide the country forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing that the party established the Volunteer Force to bolster the government&#8217;s security framework, he clarified that this force was created not only for the elections but also for the enduring security of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damak (Jhapa), Feb 23: CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli asserted that voters should have the freedom to cast their votes independently, reiterating that the UML is a strong advocate for peaceful elections. While speaking at the announcement assembly of the party&#8217;s National &#8216;Volunteer Force&#8217; Koshi Province Committee in Damak today, Oli highlighted the ongoing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-news","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42880,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42878\/revisions\/42880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}