The Rolwaling snow range including Gaurishankar Himal, Chho-Rolpa Himalaya and the remote Gaurishankar Rural Municipality, which has many mountain villages, has become colder. But here now, the heat of the local elections on November 16 is more than the coldness of the mountains.

The parties have made the by-election of vice president of Gaurishankar Rural Municipality, the birthplace of leaders who have made access from the district to the central level, a matter of prestige. Leaders from the district to the center are in the village for the election.

Information and Communication Minister and CPN-UML Politburo member Parwat Gurung, CPN-Maoist leader and former state minister Devi Khadka, incumbent member of the Federal House of Representatives Ganga Karki, central member of the Maoist Center and former minister of Bagmati province Vishal Khadka, outgoing Congress district president Rudra Bahadur Khadka and others. The municipality is Gaurishankar .

Elections are about to be held for the post of vice president, which is vacant after the death of Shyamsunder Tamang, who won from the Congress. In Gaurishankar, which is the power center of the district, the voters say that the parties have made the local level elections not only a test by the people but also a matter of prestige.

In the local elections of 2074, the UMA, which won both the posts of president and vice president, is trying to get back its old glory. In 2079, the Congress, which won the post of vice-president in alliance with the Maoist Center and the United Socialist Party, is trying not to lose that post.

The Maoist Center, which won 5 ward chairpersons along with the municipality through alliance in the 2079 elections, is determined to show its strength by defeating the ruling parties in the elections. Similarly, the United Socialist Party is also in the race to show a strong presence in the election field alone.

The National Independent Party, which participated in the local level elections for the first time, is in an election campaign to push the big parties in the municipality that is considered difficult. The Congress has started the election campaign by making Pasdiki Tamang, the wife of late Tamang, as a candidate.

He said in the past. Tamang is calling the people's house to fulfill the promise he made in the development of Gauri Shankar when he was the vice president and to complete the unfinished work. "I am running for the people by running for my husband's unfinished work," Pasdiki said She said that she became excited. Gaurishankar, which is lagging behind in roads, health and education, has also lagged behind in development. Uma Lungeli Magar, who became a candidate from UML, said that the candidates promised the voters in every election, but they did not return to the village and complained.

'When I reached the remote part during the house-to-house visit, I felt very angry that the health institutions did not even have Citamol,' she said, 'I have given the only promise I can make to the voters I met, I have said that I will work to complete the unfinished development work done in the previous term. '

' She narrated that most of the voters of the village complained that there was no development work, saying that there was only corruption. The CPN Maoist Center, which won the election from the alliance in the 2079 election, is going door to door saying that development will speed up if the municipality president and vice president are from the same party.

Maoist candidate Sherpa said that it will be easy for her to work because she knows all the demands and issues of the local residents. "I have the experience of working in the village even as a woman volunteer. The voters didn't believe that someone would stay outside the village and come and develop it freely," she said, "I served the village as a volunteer." Now I will serve all the wards from the municipality.'

Gaurishankar, where there is a tripartite competition, it is expected that the election of Gaurishankar will be interesting as the candidates of the Integrated Socialist and National Independent Party also come to the field. Raveena Khadka, a candidate from the United Samajwadi Party, said that only the educated class can develop the village.

'Many people have said that they should be young people who can do something,' she said ;

Since RSVP has nominated for the first time, there is speculation about who will win the vote. Candidate Goma Shrestha said that RSVP is going door to door saying 'We have looked at the old party time and time again, let's give opportunity to the new party this time'.

'People are very curious about us during the house-to-door campaign in the municipality known as the power center of the big party,' she said, 'We will bring unopposed results as the voters are most interested in us.' are home . The election atmosphere of Gaurishankar, which is considered very sensitive due to the violent incidents of the previous elections, has been heated up after the main parties made a battle for prestige.