The counting of votes for the selection of UML general convention representatives, which was postponed since Saturday night due to a dispute in Jhapa Constituency No. 2, has not yet begun.

In Jhapa, which has 5 constituencies, except for constituency no. 2, the results of all 1, 3, 4 and 5 have been made public. In which the dominance of supporters of UML Chairman KP Oli is seen.

However, in constituency no. 2, where leaders such as Koshi Province Government's Minister for Water Supply, Irrigation and Energy Ekraj Karki, UML Jhapa District Chairman Prem Bahadur Giri, Koshi Province Assembly Member Chintan Pathak, Arjundhara Municipality Mayor Baldev Singh Gomden, UML Birtamod City Chairman Subash Bhattarai and others have entered the election fray for the general convention representative, there has been a controversy.

Here, from the party's provincial level leaders to influential city leaders are in the fray to become representatives for the 11th general convention of UML. The counting of votes was underway at the UML District Party Office in Birtamod at 2:30 am. Where the counting of votes was stopped after a group of 12/15 local youths argued that the Sadar vote received in the name of Arjundhara Municipality Mayor Baldev Singh Gomden was invalidated and not counted.

Although it was agreed to restart the counting from 8 am on Sunday after internal discussions, the counting of votes has not started till noon. UML Jhapa District President Prem Bahadur Giri said that the counting was stopped last night due to a minor technical error during the counting of votes. According to him, the counting could not start because all the candidates had not arrived even though the counting was said to start from 8 am. However, he said that efforts are being made to reach an agreement for the counting as the candidates are still coming.

In Jhapa 2, 19 people are competing for 5 general convention representatives on the open side. There is a tough competition between the incumbent minister, MP, district president, city president, and mayor. District President Giri informed that 600 votes are yet to be counted here.

Jhapa Constituency 2 is the constituency of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Devraj Ghimire. He was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from here in the 2079 elections.