”No matter which party's candidate wins, we hope that the social and cultural identity of Tikapur, which was prosperous in the past peace and brotherhood, can be restored,” said Tekraj Regmi, a leader of Tikapur.
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Taking advantage of the 'fragmentation' of the Citizens' Liberation Party (NUPA), the Congress-UML is trying to restore the legacy of Kailali-1 after 30 years.
UML is trying to win in Tikapur region after 30 years and Congress after 26 years. UML has not won an election in this region since 2051. UML's Himanchal Raj Bhattarai was elected in 2051. Congress has not won an election since 2056. Congress' Sushila Swar won in 2056. Since then, both parties have only experienced disappointment.
In the first Constituent Assembly election in 2064, Rupa Chaudhary was elected from the Maoists. In the second Constituent Assembly election in 2070, Janak Chaudhary was elected from the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. Resham Chaudhary won in the House of Representatives election in 2074. Chaudhary, who had filed his candidacy in an 'underground' situation, won by securing 34,341 votes.
Ranjita Shrestha Chaudhary of the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NAUPA) was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2079 elections. Shrestha received 30,404 votes in Kailali-1, where the Tharu community is in the majority. When all her competitors were added together, it was 30,474. The closest competitor, Ramjanam Chaudhary of the Nepali Congress, received 18,081 votes. In the proportional representation, NAUPA received 27,406. The Nepali Congress received only 11,305.
This time, the candidates of the Nepali Congress-UML are trying to win back the victory. The Nepali Congress-UML seem to be confident that the votes will be divided since there are many candidates from the Tharu community from different parties. UML leader Matrika Prasad Timilsina claims that the party's organization is intact, it is a competitor in the 2079 provincial assembly elections, and since the Nagarik Unmukti party is fragmented, his party's candidate will win.
UML candidate from Kailali-1, Dwarika Prasad Neupane, claims that he will be elected because UML has received good votes in the previous local elections, the party is united, and he has been known for his long-term commitment to the development of the Tikapur region. ‘There are many candidates from the Tharu community,’ Neupane said, ‘Also, candidates from major parties have been tested in some or the other elections in the past.’
Janak Chaudhary, who was elected from the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum in 2070, is a candidate from the Nepali Congress this time. Chaudhary says that he will be elected because the Nepali Congress is organized in the Tikapur region, there is a farmer majority, he has made the farmers’ issue the first agenda, he is a candidate from the Tharu community, and he carries the importance of geographical and cultural identity. ‘Currently, only 6 out of 18 candidates are from the Tharu community,’ he said, ‘12 are from other communities.’ The main thing is which candidate can work better than Tharu-Hill.''
Former mayor Ramlal Dagoura is a candidate from the Tharu Nepali Communist Party (NCP) in Tikapur Municipality. He was elected mayor from the Civil Liberties Union. 'This is the area we won. Now, the Unified Socialists have also come together to form a big party,' he said. 'The people are impressed by the work I did when I was mayor. Even though the Tharu community candidates are divided, the voters are united.' Other parties have become excited after the Civil Liberties Union split in this area.
The then Civil Liberties Union President Shrestha, who won in 2079, has merged the party with the NCP. She could not save the party due to a husband-wife dispute. Resham Chaudhary, who was the patron of Civil Liberties, has opened a separate party. Chaudhary had become a candidate in Kailali-1 by forming the Civil Liberation Party Nepal Dal. The Election Commission has already rejected his candidacy. He can support Phaguram Tharu, who has filed an independent candidacy as an alternative.
In 2079, Civil Liberation Party won Kailali-1, 2 and 3 constituencies. Civil Liberation Party, which emerged as a regional force by winning the local, provincial assembly and house of representatives elections in 2079 with the slogan of identity, has split into pieces in three years.
The leaders of the then party have become candidates from 6 different parties this time. Former mayor Dagaura Tharu has become a candidate from the NCP in Tikapur Municipality. Pradeep Chaudhary is from Ujjaya Nepal, Saraswati Chaudhary is from Shram Sanskriti, and the group of Damodar Pandit, who was the senior vice-president of the party, has merged with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha. In Kailali-1, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has fielded former citizen Unmuktika Komal Gyawali as its candidate. Rupa Chaudhary has become the candidate from the Aam Janata Party.
The social image of the Tikapur region has not been able to return to normal for a long time. Voters say that it is necessary to reconcile the social differences that have arisen in the region and establish unity. ‘No matter which party’s candidate wins, the social and cultural identity of Tikapur, which was prosperous in the past with peace and brotherhood, can be restored,’ said Tikapur leader Tekraj Regmi.
