Targeting the upcoming House of Representatives elections on Falgun 21, candidates are preparing to engage in a door-to-door campaign to meet voters directly.

The candidates have intensified their campaign by prioritizing roads, drinking water, education, health, tourism, agriculture and employment.

Targeting the election in Ramechhap, which has only one House of Representatives constituency, 17 candidates, including the Congress, UML, Nepali Communist Party (NCP), National Independent Party (NRP), RPP, and 3 independents, have entered the election fray.

This time, the Congress, UML, and RPP have put forward new candidates, while the NCP has re-nominated Shyam Kumar Shrestha, who was elected in the second Constituent Assembly election and the 2074 House of Representatives election.

The Congress has nominated former district president Ramchandra Khadka, the UML has nominated youth leader and former central president of ANNFSU, Madhav Prasad Dhungel, and the RPP has nominated Dr. Krishnahari Budhathoki.

The main agendas of all the candidates who are returning and those who are contesting the election for the first time are development, education, health, roads and drinking water. UML candidate Dhungel has made public a new agenda to develop the district as a hub for AI data centers.

The Congress is preparing to take its candidates to the voters for the House of Representatives elections by making good governance and governance reforms the main agenda in Ramechhap. According to Himal Dhungel, head of the publicity department of the Congress Ramechhap, the district working committee meeting of the Congress on Magh 17 will decide the detailed strategy of the election campaign.

Similarly, he informed that a door-to-door program will be started from Magh 19. Currently, the Congress candidates are busy meeting and discussing with the voters of Ramechhap who are in the capital Kathmandu. 'Now, from Magh 19, we will reach every village and start direct dialogue with the voters. Along with development, good governance, governance and policy reforms are our main agenda,' said Dhungel.

UML is preparing to communicate directly with voters through door-to-door programs to understand local problems and present concrete plans for solutions. According to UML Ramechhap President Purushottam Kadariya, meetings focused on the municipal-level election mobilization committee are being held targeting the elections. Such meetings have already been held in many municipalities. 'We are collecting suggestions through gatherings, interactions and discussions in villages. We will present a clear plan to the voters by setting development priorities according to local needs,' said Kadariya.

The Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has formally started its election campaign program since Sunday. The party has started direct communication with voters by conducting door-to-door programs in Likhutamakoshi Rural Municipality-6, Khimti, and Ward 7, Tilpung.

Two candidates from the proportional representation side, including the direct candidate for the House of Representatives and former Minister of State for Home Affairs Shyam Kumar Shrestha, are also participating in the campaign. 

According to party leader Madan Kalikote, the door-to-door campaign is being conducted in full compliance with the election code of conduct.  'We are respecting the code of conduct and going to people's homes to provide clear information about policies and programs,' Kalikote said.