The United Nations said Monday the momentum continues to build ahead of the historic Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal, but violent clashes and intimidatory acts involving supporters of political parties are marring the campaign.
The Young Communist League and other the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) cadres continued to be involved in the largest proportion of these incidents, a UN report said in its final assessment ahead of the April 10 polls.
The world body urged CPN-M to stop the "intimidatory behavior" of its members and supporters.
The report also requested the CPN-M leadership to ensure that its stated readiness to abide by the outcome of the election is not undermined by contradictory statement.
The joint report released by the UN Mission in Nepal and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights found that while campaigning has been peaceful in many constituencies, there have been incidents of violence and intimidation.
While the number of abductions by armed groups has fallen slightly, there has been a considerable increase of explosions of improvised explosive devices, clearly intended to disrupt the electoral process, the report said.
Source:Xinhua
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