Asha Jha of Biratnagar, who has been active in the social field for a long time, has embarked on a parliamentary journey by being elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Morang Constituency No. 5.

A candidate of the National Independent Party (NISP), she defeated Phool Kumar Lalwani of the Nepali Congress by a margin of 30,443 votes. Rajkumar Yadav of the JSP came third. He received 8,747 votes. Shiva Kumar Mandal of the NCP came fourth with 8,616 votes and Manoj Kumar Agrawal of the UML came fifth with 6,945 votes. Bhogendra Mandal of the National Urjashil Party, who won as an independent candidate in 2079, came sixth. He received 4,199 votes.

Jha has been active in social work for a long time. She has made her journey to the parliament by transforming her long experience based on community and social service background into political leadership.

Jha, who has been active in various social and public health campaigns for about 16 years, had established herself as a female leader who worked directly with the community. She was active in campaigns for women empowerment, health awareness, youth employment and social awareness. This experience and credibility had given her a different identity among the voters and paved the way for her to climb the ladder to parliament.

Jha was associated with the 'Gayatri Parivar' and had been running programs related to moral and cultural education. She has organized various social and spiritual awareness programs and played an important role in volunteer management and community coordination. Her active participation has been seen in campaigns such as social reform, environmental protection and community awareness.

Jha was active in issues related to the rights, legal awareness and citizenship of Madhesi women while being associated with the 'Madhesi Mahila Nagarik Samaj'. She had been trying to reach the local level by organizing women's gatherings and discussion programs in rural areas.