Tarakant Chaudhary, a member of parliament elected from the then Constituent Assembly constituency no. 4, and his nephew Amarkant Chaudhary are currently in the election race. Tarakant has registered his candidacy from the CPN-UML and Amarkant from the National Independent Party (NISP).
What you should know
The race for candidacies has begun for the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 21. Candidates who registered their candidacies last Tuesday are making their election promises known to voters.
Some candidates from Saptari constituency no. 3 have already started their election campaigns, while others are preparing for their campaigns.
Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav, outgoing and former MPs, and two candidates from the same family are in the election contest there. The competition here has become more interesting as uncles and nephews are facing each other. Tarakant Chaudhary, an MP elected from the then constituency no. 4 in the second Constituent Assembly, and his nephew Amarkant Chaudhary are currently in the election contest for Saptari-3-Ba6.
Tarakant has registered his candidacy from the CPN-UML and Amarkant from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSWP). Amarkant is the son of Chandrakant, who won from the then Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) Nepal in 2074 BS. Chandrakant passed away on December 26. Amarkant had registered his candidacy while he was still living in Kiriya.
Tarakanth came third in 2074 with 11,188 votes, while Amarkanth's father Chandrakanth was elected with 22,584 votes. At that time, Dinesh Kumar Yadav of Nepali Congress received 19,411 votes. In 2079, Yadav of Nepali Congress was elected from this constituency with 26,166 votes, while his rival Tarakanth of UML received 22,300 votes. At that time, Chaudhary was also supported by JSP Nepal.
