Efforts have begun between the establishment and other parties to recommend candidates close to them.
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While the House of Representatives restoration case is pending in court, the Nepali Congress has intensified the process of recommending candidates for the House of Representatives elections to be held on March 21. Efforts have begun between the establishment and other parties to recommend candidates close to them.
On Monday, the regional committee meeting of Constituency No. 2 was held at the Taulihawa district-level party office and unanimously recommended candidates. The names of Surendra Raj Acharya, Bikram Singh Thapa, Gopikrishna Sharma and Rabindranath Thakur have been recommended for the direct candidate. Acharya, Thapa and Thakur are from the establishment-other party, while Sharma is in the establishment-other party.
The names of Mina KC, Rina Nepal, Maya Gyawali and Phagupusad Dhobi have been recommended for the proportional representation and Jawaharlal Tharu, Reshmi Raj Adhikari and Dipendranath Shukla for the National Assembly member. Most of the proportional representation and National Assembly candidates are from the establishment-other party.
In Constituency No. 3, the single name of Birendra Kumar Kanodia has been recommended for the direct candidate. He has previously served as the Deputy Chairman of the District Development Committee, MP, Provincial Assembly member and Minister of State. It has been decided that the names of Brahmananda Upadhyay, Akhil Miya and Tara Chaudhary will be sent to the District Working Committee for proportional representation candidates.
The meeting in Constituency No. 1 has been postponed. The name of outgoing House of Representatives member Abhishek Pratap Shah could not be recommended directly, so the impact has fallen to Constituency No. 1.
According to Regional President Abdul Mannan Khan, the meeting will be held on Wednesday and finalized. There is also division in other parties of the establishment, former Minister Deep Kumar Upadhyay's party has a majority in the Regional Committee.
