The election campaign is intensifying in Kapilvastu, which has a poverty rate higher than the national average, with slogans of prosperity. This time, in a district that has been overlooked despite its potential for economic development, people with skills, abilities and knowledge are candidates. From constitutional experts to hydropower designers and operational experts, they have entered the competition.

Those who have experience in running the country's central bank and financial institutions and those who are working for the common man are in the election fray. Some are leaving the 'bullet' and returning to the ballot box to seek votes. Agricultural entrepreneurs, businessmen and those who enjoy agricultural work are working hard to become members of the House of Representatives after winning the Falgun 21 election. Most of the people who are entering the election in this way are new people. Of the three constituencies in the district, Kapilivastu-1 has such skilled and experienced candidates.

20 people from different parties and 14 independents are competing in Kalivastu-1. Three members of the Constituent Assembly have also become candidates in this constituency. Not only has the election excitement increased in this constituency, candidates are having to face tough questions from voters.

Mohanlal Acharya, who worked as an expert under the Constituent Assembly for 7 years, has become a candidate from the National Independent Party (NISP). A first-time candidate for the House of Representatives, he has experience in lawmaking, study-research, and legislative review of laws for various government bodies including the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Federal Affairs, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Health and Population, and Agriculture.

Acharya, 53, of Banganga-4 Siddhipur, has a master's degree in two subjects, international law and sociology. An expert in lawmaking at the federal, provincial, and local levels, strengthening local judicial committees, and special capacity building training, Acharya said that he has given priority to agriculture.

He said that he will focus on providing access to irrigation and fertilizers to farmers. He said that he is reaching voters' doorsteps with the agenda of marketing agricultural produce, taking initiatives for operating a medical college in the district, and developing the Buddha Circuit as a tourist 'hub'.

Hydropower expert Narendra Prasad Chaudhary is also in the fray. A candidate from the Janmat Party, he has been working in the field of hydropower for 25 years. He is considered an expert in hydropower in the country.

He has worked as a senior operational and maintenance engineer at Bhotekoshi Hydropower Company for more than 25 years. He said that he has done design and estimate work for more than 12 hydropower plants in two decades. He has experience working as a hydropower consultant. 55-year-old Chaudhary of Mayadevi-1 Pakdi graduated with a BE Electrical (Bachelor's Degree) from Bangalore University, India in 1996.

One of the founders of the Janmat Party, he is contesting the parliamentary elections for the second time. He came third in the 2079 election for the House of Representatives. He says that since he has been doing politics in the village, he has a good understanding of the local problems and has made a plan for the development of the area accordingly. ‘Even though it is small, the villagers need enterprises,’ he said, ‘I will move forward with a policy and plan for that. I will not promise big things.’ He said that fundamental changes will be made in the fields of education, health and development. He is also the national vice-president of the Janmat Party.

Ashish Sharma, who studied MBA from the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Thailand, is also in the fray. 46-year-old Sharma is an independent candidate. He has more than 15 years of experience working in high positions in banks and financial institutions. Sharma said that he has worked as a director in Nabil and Himalayan Bank. He is also working as a deputy general manager in the Chaudhary Group. He has experience working in the Nepal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Nepalese Industries. Sharma says that he has plans and programs to connect the youth with income generation.

He said that he entered the election with the main agenda of establishing the identity of the district. He said that he would create a situation where no one would have to say, 'Where is my house? Butwal'. 'I will make agriculture easier by giving priority to agriculture,' he said, 'I will end the situation where people get poles for electricity, but don't get wires, and get wires but don't get poles.' Congress Mahasamiti member Sharma has become an independent candidate after the party did not give him a ticket.

Athar Kamal Musalman, who has made a name for himself as a 'land-dwelling' person in the district, is a candidate from the Congress. Known for his honest and clear speech, he won the election as an independent candidate after the party did not give him a ticket in the 2070 Constituent Assembly member election. Even though he was an independent candidate at that time, he showed everyone and voted for the Congress election symbol.

Musalman, who became a member of the House of Representatives from a proportional representation party in 2074, has been advocating for access to education for children from marginalized and deprived communities in Madhesh for two decades. He has been connecting the poor, disadvantaged and backward communities with scholarships, continuity in education, clean drinking water and income generation through social mobilization campaigns.

After being elected as an independent member of the Constituent Assembly, UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that he did not leave the party even when he was proposed as a minister, and said, "I am proud to be a candidate from the Nepali Congress now." Musalman, 55, from Banganga-11, Wankatawa, said that he aims to increase self-employment through modernization in agriculture and production and marketing.

Krishna Bahadur Kunwar, who became an entrepreneur by collecting and selling milk on a bicycle, has now become a candidate from the Nepali Communist Party. He became an entrepreneur from an ordinary laborer after working in the dairy business for 5/6 years. He says that he turned to the electricity business after the electricity started coming to the villages in 2072.

Banganga Secondary School School Management Committee Chairman Rahka Kunwar had established a revolving fund of Rs 10 million to distribute scholarships to the school. He himself had donated Rs 1 million to the fund. He is known as a social worker who is at the forefront of encouraging youth in sports. A graduate in Nepali, he has made an election slogan of showing honesty and not corruption. He said that he would prioritize agriculture and irrigation.

Sangh Prasad Tharu, 56, the then deputy chief of the Maoist Kapilvastu People's Government, is campaigning as a candidate from the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist). He started politics from the All Nepal Democratic Youth League in 2052/53 and became a full-time leader in 2056.

Tharu, who was a member of the then Maoist Awadh State Committee during the armed conflict, became a member of the Constituent Assembly in 2064. Tharu, a central member of the CPN-Maoist, is seeking votes in Kapilvastu-1 by making the local people's right to the available local resources the main agenda. He said that the main agenda is to control corruption, have zero tolerance, directly elected executives, and create a fully proportional House of Representatives.