In a bid to make the Congress win after 67 years, Congress's Dinesh Rai, UML central member Rajendra Kumar Rai, Nepali Communist Party's Dharmaraj Poudel, National Independent Party's Dinesh Bhandari, Labor Culture Party's San Bahadur Rai and other parties and independent candidates are competing.
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Democratic practice began in the country with the first general election held in 2015 BS after the end of the Rana regime. In that election, the Nepali Congress won 74 out of 109 seats.
In the same election, the eastern hilly district of Dhankuta also gave a single vote to the Congress. At that time, Dhankuta was the administrative center of the eastern region.
Congress leaders Douglasen Limbu and Leelanath Dahal won from the current ‘Dhankuta’ geography in 2015, said Congress acting district president Nirmal Prasad Ojha. Since then, the Congress has not been able to achieve direct success in the district.
The elected government was dissolved on 1 Poush 2017. After the success of the Jana Andolan in 2046, parliamentary elections were held in 2048. In the 2048 election, the then Congress president Janaksen Limbu was the candidate from Dhankuta-1. He was defeated by UML’s Rakam Chemjong. In Dhankuta-2, Congress’s Arjun Thapa was defeated by UML’s Gopal Guragain.
In the 2051 mid-term elections, Congress candidates were defeated in both the constituencies of Dhankuta. At that time, the then district vice-president of Congress, Hari Kumar Rai, was reduced to third place from Dhankuta-1. Rastriya Prajatantra Party came second. UML's Chemjong was victorious for the second time. Congress's Manohar Narayan Shrestha was defeated by RPP leader Surya Bahadur Thapa from Dhankuta 2.
Nagendra Rai, former president of the Dhankuta branch of the Federation of Nepali Journalists, said that even after that, the Congress's losing streak could not be broken. In the 2056 elections, Congress also faced only disappointment. UML won in Dhankuta 1 and RPP's Thapa from Dhankuta 2. Congress candidates Hari Kumar Rai and Arjun Thapa were defeated.
After the then CPN-Maoist entered the peace process, the Congress was further lagging behind in the first Constituent Assembly election held in 2064. The then Maoist candidates won from both constituencies in Dhankuta. The then Maoist Hemraj Bhandari and Hariraj Khewa were elected as Constituent Assembly members from Dhankuta 1 and 2, respectively.
In the second Constituent Assembly member election in 2070, there was a contest between Ajit Narayan Singh Thapa from the Congress and Tikaram Chemjong of the UML in Dhankuta 1. UML candidate Chemjong won in that election. Sunil Bahadur Thapa of the RPP won from Dhankuta 2.
In the 2074 BS House of Representatives election, Sunil Bahadur Thapa of the RPP became a candidate with the support of democratic parties including the Congress, but Rajendra Kumar Raisag of the UML was defeated. The Congress candidate also suffered defeat in the provincial assembly elections. In the 2079 House of Representatives elections, there was a competition between UML's Rajendra Kumar Rai and Thapa, who had left the RPP and joined the Congress. That time too, Congress's Thapa was defeated. UML's Rai won for the second time.
Leela Subba became a proportional representation MP from the Congress, which has not won a direct election since 2015, in 2064. In 2070, Congress leaders Manohar Narayan Shrestha and Anjana Tamli were elected proportional representation MPs. In 2074, Leela Subba became a proportional representation MP from Koshi Province. Acting District President Ojha informed that in 2079, the Congress made Indira Thapa a proportional representation MP.
This time, the Congress is seeking votes by making a new face as a candidate. Dinesh Rai, 45, a member of the marginalized Aathpahariya community, who is the Congress district president, is in the fray.
In a bid to make the Congress win after 67 years, Congress' Rai, UML central member Rajendra Kumar Rai, Nepali Communist Party's Dharmaraj Poudel, National Independent Party's Dinesh Bhandari, Labor Culture Party's San Bahadur Rai and other parties and independent candidates are competing.
Congress acting president Ojha claims that his candidate will win because Data from Ojha district has tried a new flavor. 'Only Congress can understand the sentiments of Gen-G and work accordingly,' he said, 'The UML has not been able to work as expected despite winning repeatedly, which is why the cadres are angry.' He said that this time the factions and factions and mismatches within the party have ended.
