Mahant, who once received offers of presidency and prime ministership, is on his way to the National Assembly, beating the parliamentary constituency elections.
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Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal leader Mahantha Thakur, who has been competing in parliamentary elections since 2048 BS, has now set his sights on the National Assembly. Thakur has become the National Assembly candidate from Madhesh Province in coordination with the Congress, UML and JSP.
Thakur, who has been involved in politics since his student days, has become a candidate for the National Assembly at the age of 82. Thakur, who won the election in the 2079 general election by appealing to the voters of Mahottari Constituency No. 3 for the last time, is starting his journey to the National Assembly by beating the parliamentary constituency elections.
Last week, the Lospa, headed by Thakur, merged with Upendra Yadav's party JSP Nepal to become a major party in Madhesh Province. With the support of the Congress and UML in Madhesh Province, Thakur's journey to the National Assembly seems almost certain.
Candidacies for the National Assembly have been registered for 4 seats in Madhesh Province. Thakur has filed his candidacy for the National Assembly from JSP Nepal, Ranjit Karna and Dharmendra Paswan from the Congress, and Rekha Jha from the UML. There is an electoral coordination between these three parties. Meanwhile, the NCP has also finalized its candidates for 4 seats in Madhesh Province. Ramnandan Prasad, Laxman Poudel, Shambhu Paswan and Samikumari Agrawal have been nominated by the NCP.
In the 2048 general election, Thakur had won the election from Sarlahi constituency number 5 from the Congress. He also became the Deputy Speaker. In the 2051 mid-term elections, Thakur won the election again from Sarlahi and also became a minister. Thakur, who had also been the Minister for Agriculture, Law, Science and Technology, suddenly left the Congress in 2064 BS while he was the treasurer. The Tarai-Madhesh Democratic Party (Tamlopa) was formed on Magh 5, 2064 BS under the leadership of Thakur, which started the second Madhesh movement.
Thakur won the Sarlahi constituency no., which was considered a stronghold of the Congress, in the Constituent Assembly elections held in Chaitra, 2064 BS. 4. But he was defeated by the then Madhesi Janadhikar Forum candidate Shivpujan Yadav. In the second Constituent Assembly election in 2070 BS, he lost to Congress's Amresh Singh. After that, he moved from Sarlahi to Mahottari.
He won from Mahottari in the 2079 BS election. Thakur's political life is full of ups and downs. He is also a character who has been repeatedly drawn to the center of national politics. 'If he had not left the Congress, Mahant would have been the first President,' many in the Congress have been saying this since the Constituent Assembly election.
Nepal's politics became turbulent again after the then NCP, which had formed a government with almost a two-thirds majority, split into three factions. At that time, Thakur had 'laddu' in both hands. On one hand, there was the opportunity to participate in the Oli government. On the other hand, the Congress offered him the 'Prime Minister' post. If he had wanted it, the post of Prime Minister was not far away.
