Candidates from all parties have started reaching out to villages to formulate their parties' internal strategic plans and understand the expectations of voters.
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The winter has not abated in the district. However, with the date of the House of Representatives member election approaching, the election activity is increasing in the district. Candidates from the district, which has one constituency, are currently busy with election meetings. Most of the 17 candidates are currently discussing election strategies and meeting with cadres.
Candidates from all parties have started reaching villages to make their party's internal strategic plans and understand the expectations of voters. Candidates in the district, which has three towns and four rural municipalities, are currently engaged in the first phase of campaigning.
UML has stated that it has completed the first phase of party meetings and election strategy programs in all municipalities. Candidate Rajendra Kumar Rai from the party is contesting the parliamentary elections for the fourth time. Reaching Chaubise Rural Municipality-7 Rajarani on Sunday afternoon, he said that he is meeting and meeting with party leaders and workers for the elections. Rai has been elected as an MP twice before. He is looking forward to a hat-trick victory this time.
Nepali Congress candidate Dinesh Rai is contesting the parliamentary elections for the first time. The party district president is an established young leader. Rai, who had previously contested the Dhankuta Municipality elections twice, was defeated by a narrow margin. This time he is on the verge of taking revenge. He said that he has reached all the municipalities in the grassroots-focused cadre meeting. He claimed that the Congress will win this time as it has come in the right direction.
Nepali Communist Party candidate Dharmaraj Poudel also informed that he has completed the first phase of the election campaign in four municipalities. He said that the campaign will be started in other municipalities after Chhathar Jorpati, Sahidbhumi Rural Municipality and Pakhribas and Mahalaxmi Municipality. He is considered a person with rich political experience. Poudel, who was the then District Development Committee Chairman in 049 BS, became a candidate from the UML in the Constituent Assembly elections of 064 BS. At that time, he was defeated by the Maoist Hariraj Khewa by a narrow margin. He is on the verge of restoring his old reputation. 
Most of the young leaders have entered the fray this time as candidates with the slogan of generational transfer. The youngest candidate is Bibhatsu Thapa of the RPP. The 30-year-old Thapa claimed that he is a representative of generational change in politics. He said that he has reached all the municipalities in the district to understand the views of the voters and to consult on the election strategy. The great-grandson of former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa in Saino, he says that he is the character that the new generation will win this time. The candidate of the National Swatantra Party, Dinesh Bhandari, says that he is a representative of the youth in politics. He said that he is engaged in the first phase of the election campaign.
Lakpa Tamang, who is also a social activist, is an independent candidate. Tamang also says that he is engaged in a village-focused election campaign. Along with them, San Bahadur Rai of Shram Sankriti, Uttam Sakkarmi of Nepal Mazdoor Kisan Party, Prem Bahadur Thapa of Aam Janata, Bal Kumar Tamli of the Federal Democratic National Party and Nishan Rai of Janata Samajwadi are also active in the campaign. CPN-Maoist's Rabin Kumar Rai, Janata Samajwadi Party's Aitaram Limbu, Rastriya Parivartan Party's Shalikram Rai, Mongol National Organization's Sagar Rai, and independent candidates Man Kumar Yonjan and Jitendra Rai have also joined the election campaign. According to the District Election Office, 119 polling stations and 166 polling stations have been set up for the upcoming House of Representatives elections. Similarly, there are a total of 118,425 voters. Of which 59,483 are male and 58,942 are female voters.
