A three-way contest is set to take place in Mugu between the Nepali Congress, UML, and the Nepal Communist Party for the House of Representatives elections to be held on February 21.

Which has been challenged by candidates from parties including the National Independent Party, the National Democratic Party. 

In Mugu, Congress candidate Khadga Bahadur Shahi and UML's Purna Bahadur Rokaya are participating in the parliamentary competition for the first time, while NCP's Chandra Bahadur Shahi has won the 2056 BS House of Representatives election and the 2074 BS Provincial Assembly election. He has also become the Minister of Land Management and Agricultural Cooperatives of Karnali Province.  The Congress candidate had won from Mugu in the last House of Representatives election.

Congress is at the stake of preserving its old legacy, while other parties have embarked on an election campaign to destroy it.      
Congress candidate Shahi is a former party district president. He said that he has filed his candidacy to take the issues of the district's overall development and livelihood to the parliament. ‘The federal government is still ignoring the problems of the people, it is necessary to draw the government's attention to solve those problems,’ he said, ‘I have also prioritized roads, education, health and employment.’

UML candidate Rokaya is the UML district president. He was previously the head of the district coordination committee. He said that he is contesting the election for the first time with the goal of developing Mugu as a prosperous district. ‘Even when I was the head of Jesus, I have been closely monitoring the problems of the people,’ he said, ‘I will have a role in formulating and implementing the necessary laws to solve those problems.’

The NCP candidate is a member of the central committee of the royal party. He also claimed that he is a qualified candidate based on his past experience. ‘It is necessary to raise the standard of living of farmers, workers and the backward classes by making laws in favor of them,’ he said, ‘I have already played my role in the provincial and federal parliaments, and my role in the parliament will be further strengthened for the development and prosperity of the district.’

Seven people have registered their candidacies in Mugu for the House of Representatives elections. Bhawan Tamata from the Rastriya Swatantra Party and Bal Bahadur Malla from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party are also in the election contest. Tamata said that he has filed his candidacy to work differently from the old political style and keep good governance at the center. Malla informed that he has chosen the parliamentary journey to raise the voice of the youth.

In the last House of Representatives elections, Congress candidate Ain Bahadur Shahi had won with 14,706 votes. In Provincial Assembly 1 (1), UML’s Jeet Bahadur Malla won with 6,616 votes and Constituency No. In 1(2), Mangal Bahadur Shahi of the Nepali Congress won with 8,429 votes. In the last provincial assembly and House of Representatives elections, there was an alliance between the Nepali Congress and the former Maoists. In Mugu, which has 4 local levels, in the last local level elections, the Nepali Congress won 2 local level chiefs and chairpersons, and the Nepali Congress won 2 local level chiefs and chairpersons, while the Nepali Congress and the UML won 3 deputy chiefs/vice chairpersons together. This time, since there is no alliance between any party, the real situation of the parties will be revealed through this election, said civic leader Surendra Shahi. “It is necessary for voters to vote for the most capable person by looking at the work done by the candidates in the past and their agenda for the future,” he said. “Nowadays, the people have become very stupid, so it is necessary to be vigilant about whether the people’s representatives they elect have worked as per their commitments or not.”