There are 5 days left for the House of Representatives elections to be held on 21 Falgun. The election atmosphere is heating up across the country. Candidates are busy canvassing for votes in their respective constituencies. There seems to be a lot of change in the style of canvassing and campaigning compared to before. Experts say that due to the increasing use of social media, candidates are competing to canvass for votes in different ways.

Now, candidates are not limited to speeches and large pamphlets to canvass for votes. They are also not limited to meeting voters. Compared to before, candidates are now canvassing for votes in a very interesting way. Which is being viewed from different angles on social media.

Some candidates are seen kneeling down and bowing their heads to the voters in their constituencies to please them. Some are bowing their heads during the meetings. Some people seem to be doing the same work as the voters while going to seek votes. They are seen doing things like rolling bread, making jelly, working in the fields, and picking vegetables along with the voters. Some are not only asking for votes from the voters. They are also asking for votes from roosters, goats, and dummies.

Similarly, Rishi Dhamala, a journalist and Aam Janata Party candidate from Rautahat Constituency No. 4, is seen asking for votes in a different way than others. He is not just reaching Rautahat-4 and offering voters to vote for him in the elections by just talking. He is seen visiting voters' homes and doing the same things they do. He is doing various activities like making jerry, cutting sugarcane, carrying sugarcane, driving a tractor, riding a bicycle, taking off the garland around his neck and giving it to the workers, sometimes learning to cut wood while being a carpenter, sometimes going to a chatpat shop and making jerry, sometimes hugging his voters and crying, and sometimes asking the sick to help raise money for their treatment. He has not hesitated to do the same work as they have done when he reaches the place where the voters are, or rather, he is helping them. He is trying to connect with the voters in every way.

Videos of his unique and interesting style of asking for votes are going viral on social media. It was some time ago. While walking around asking for votes, he reaches a sweet shop/restaurant. Where the traders are seen making jerry. Dhamala also starts making jerry. While he is making jerry, his workers who went with him clap . Dhamala smiles . This video is going viral on TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram . 

Similarly, he reaches the sugarcane field where the farmer is working . There, he cuts the sugarcane . He also helps the farmer by carrying the cut sugarcane . While carrying the sugarcane, he has also given a statement . In which he says - ‘Ay kuhu hai na, ye bokkar main gaon gaon ja skatka hun . Aapoko leker ja skatka hun . Main kam karunga .’ 

In another place, he sits in a tractor . Dhamala, sitting in the tractor, says, ‘It does important work in Madhesh and Terai . It is important for farmers.' He appeared confused at first and even says that he wants to make the farmers' agenda a national agenda.

In his statement, users across social media are mocking him, saying that they do not understand what he is trying to say.

In another place, a person asks Dhamala, 'Promise the people of Rautahat-4 that what is the first important thing you will do after you win? What is the main problem there?'

Dhamala replies, 'The main problem is that there are many problems there.' His statement is also viral on social media now.

In the same way, while seeking votes, he reaches a place where wood is being worked on. He takes a hand saw from the person who is working. He tries to cut the wood with the saw. The wood he cuts becomes crooked. He leaves his work in a hurry. A person from behind replies, ‘Where is it as easy as being a leader? It’s hard to work, brother!’

Sometimes, while Dhamala is going door to door to ask for votes from his workers, he gives the garland and food to the voters. Smiling, he hugs the young man.

Now, Dhamala’s style of asking for votes and speaking to the questioner is being discussed on social media, saying that it is very interesting and different from others.

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It seems that not only the new candidates have adopted a different style to make the election campaign interesting. Candidates who have entered the election field for the second time also seem to have adopted a different style from the previous ones.

UML candidate from Pyuthan-1 Surya Thapa is now known as a candidate who seeks votes by adopting a different style. Entering the election field for the second time, he seems to be campaigning in a different style than before.

While going door-to-door, he reaches a place where a house is being plastered and helps in plastering. He also shares his thoughts with the mason. While greeting, he says, ‘Yes, brother, I am Surya Thapa. Do you remember me?’

The person who was plastering the house replies, ‘Don’t worry, we know him.’

Thapa touches his cheek and laughs, ‘You know him, don’t you?’ and says, ‘I won’t forget you either. You can’t forget me either.’ Saying that, he walks away, greeting.

While going door to door, he reaches the house of Bishna Nepali who is baking dry roti. She also helps him roll the roti. He seems to be imitating the roti as if he knows how to roll it. At first, he talks to Bishna and says, ‘What kind of delicious roti do you bake?’ He asks if it is for lunch or dinner. He asks her name.

He also asks, ‘Do you know a person named Surya Thapa?’ He goes around and around and finally says, ‘You should vote for me.’

In the same way, Thapa seems to be deceiving his voters.

Thapa is not only seen getting close to voters, from applying the mud to talking to the masons, to rolling dry roti and chatting with voters, he also goes to a place where voters are cutting vegetables and helps them. Sometimes he goes to voters' houses and buys vegetables, roasts corn. He is pleasing his voters by dancing in tune with the voters.

It was some time ago. Thapa had uploaded a photo of himself wearing a garland and greeting them while covering his eyes during a door-to-door program on his Facebook. The photo also went viral.

Achyutam Lamichhane, who became the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) candidate from Nuwakot-2, is another candidate who is seeking votes in a different and interesting way.

He is seen going door-to-door to seek votes from his workers. A video of him has gone viral on social media. In it, he is seen wearing the Nepali flag. A garland is around his neck, and some workers are walking on the road. Suddenly, he sees two old women walking on the road. He says in a loud voice from a distance, ‘Here it is, parents, now don’t be shy, the son has come, the grandson has come!’ and bows to the feet of the voters he meets on the road. He gets up again, bowing and bows to the next person in the same way. He says again, ‘There is no excuse for spoiling this country, please, please, the grandchildren have come, father!’ Saying this, he walks with the workers, bowing and asking for votes.

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The door-to-door program of Ashika Tamang, the candidate of the Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSWP) in Dhading constituency number-1, also looks very different and strange. She is not only asking for votes from voters. Videos of her asking for votes from chickens and goats have also gone viral on social media.

She is seen going door to door to ask for votes. Holding a 'bell' in one hand and a white rooster in the other, she says, 'Ring, ring the bell.' He has inaugurated the event by ringing the bell. Didi is voting, rooster!' She adds, 'The election symbol is the bell, you understand!'

Similarly, she reaches the goat pen and holds a small black goat in her hand and says, 'Okay, now my dear sister, I have woken up. And I have to vote, you know....Hey, you have to vote!' That video has also gone viral on social media.

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Similarly, Sudhan Gurung, the RSVP candidate in Gorkha-1, is also one of those who seeks votes in a different way. Sometimes he is seen carrying a heavy load to please the voters and sometimes he is seen asking for votes from a dummy kept in a shop. The video of him asking for votes from a dummy in a shop has also garnered a lot of attention. 

Sudhan, who is seen wearing a Dhaka cap, glasses, and a scarf around his neck, reaches a clothing store. At that moment, he shakes hands with the dummy and talks to him and says, ‘Please vote for me, sir! I have been going door to door!’ At that moment, he takes off his glasses and says. ‘Oh, sorry.’ And smiles. The person who is recording his video from behind laughs. Sudan, wearing glasses, goes to another shop to ask for votes from his workers. Sharing the video on social media, many are commenting and sharing it, saying that after the immense success of asking for votes from chickens and goats, he is asking for votes from dummies.

Similarly, the style of campaigning of Mahavir Pun, who is also a former minister, also seems to be very different from others. Pun, who has emerged as an independent candidate from Myagdi, not only goes to villages and urges voters to vote, he also tells voters that he will do this and that, which he has not promised in advance. He does not deceive anyone by shouting. He says that those who want to vote in the real style, go now, and those who do not want to, don't. He posts statuses on Facebook in advance about the places he will go door to door. He goes door-to-door with information from social media.

Now, a video of him, Katuwal, adopting the style of delivering information to villages and requesting everyone to vote from the hills, has gone viral. He says, ‘Brothers and sisters of Dandakhani village, Mahavir Pun has come again. He has come as a candidate in the elections. Come and meet those who want to meet him,’ he adds, ‘If you have any questions, ask. If you want to vote, vote. Come on. Brothers and sisters, come from here and there. Come from there too.’ While he is saying this, what should a woman do if she does not want to vote? He says, ‘If you do not give it, it will be fine.’ His unique way of asking for votes is now gaining a lot of attention on social media.

In another video, he is seen dancing on the side of a cliff while going to campaign. In which he is seen dancing very happily to the lyrics of the song "I will vote for Mahavir Pun this time and win the election". In this way, Pun is seen asking for votes in a different and interesting style from others. He also posts his election activities on social media. His supporters are also seen posting videos of him sometimes going to Pun's voter's house and eating dhinder and sometimes having lunch.

  Bhusal, a doctor by profession, is seen seeking votes in a different style. In a video, he is seen carrying various medicines and various types of health equipment in a pack and examining the health of voters. He is also seen examining the health of children.