In the first week of Falgun, Mingma Gyabu Sherpa was roaming around his birthplace, Phaktanglung Rural Municipality, seeking votes. He was accompanied by a team including Mingma Dandu Sherpa, who had left the Nepali Communist Party and joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The party had mobilized a team led by Mingma Gyabu to seek votes in areas where the Sherpa community is in the majority.

He had another pressing need to reach out to voters for the Falgun 21 House of Representatives elections: coordinating with tourists visiting Nepal and attracting more mountain climbers this season. Since there were two fairs in the same season, Mingma used to post photos and videos of Nepal's mountains on social media including Instagram, and would join hands with voters in the villages to seek votes for his party's election symbol. Mingma Gyabu, who is the third-ranked indigenous man on the proportional list from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has been elected to the House of Representatives.

Mingma Gyabu was born and raised in Sekathum, Lelep. After being elected as an MP, there is happiness in Lelep, the birthplace of Mingma Gyabu, and another message has reached those who work hard. Gyaju Bhutia, who is also the former Lelepke VDC Chairman, says that he has been dismissed from the understanding that to reach state bodies including municipal chairmen, MPs, ministers, and others, one must become a party leader. ‘It was believed that only those who reached the upper echelons of the party could get such positions,’ Bhutia said. ‘When Mingma became an MP, we got the message that one can reach state governing bodies by doing one’s own business.’

Mingma Gyabu has climbed mountains above 8,000 meters 35 times so far. Mingma Gyabu’s success is both message-filled and surprising for the villagers. Mingma Gyabu had gone to Kathmandu in 2062 while studying at Saraswati Chyaribook Secondary School. At that time, the Maoist armed conflict in the village was at its peak. There was no way to stay and eat in Kathmandu for a long time. When he was trying to return home, the road was blocked. He got a job carrying the luggage of foreign tourists. Mingma Gyabu takes it as his opportunity. In 2010, while continuing his work as a porter, he climbed Mount Everest for the first time. At that time, he went as a Sherpa to help foreign citizens climb the mountain. After succeeding on his first attempt, his enthusiasm increased even more.

Mingma Gyabu has climbed mountains above 8,000 meters 35 times so far. During this period, he has set five records and entered the Guinness Book of Records. He has climbed the highest peaks of Mount Everest and Mount Manaslu nine times each, and has climbed the world's second-most difficult mountain in Pakistan six times. He is also the first vice-president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association and has 17 years of experience in mountaineering.

A porter, guide, assistant guide, businessman and now a company owner, Mingma Gyabu has entered the House of Representatives from the team of Balendra Shah, who has been announced as the future Prime Minister of the Nepali Congress. He argues that he entered politics to solve the problems in the Himalayan region and find sustainable solutions to them. He said that he would take policy initiatives to encourage climbers like him.

'I have seen problems in the mountains. Even with so many mountains, we are not able to organize rescue operations. The issue of garbage in various mountains, including Mount Everest, keeps coming up in the media. There is a policy problem in this,' said Mingma, 'the state has not been able to invest in the production of skilled manpower. I had become a candidate because my voice should reach the policy-making sector, and now I have reached the place where I can fulfill it.'

In this election, Mingma Gyabu, who has climbed Mount Everest and Fortuna Peak, became a proportional candidate and Mingma Sherpa became a direct candidate from Sankhuwasabha. 'We have got an opportunity for the first time in history,' said Mingma Gyabu, Mingma from Sankhuwasabha was defeated by a small number of votes, I got an opportunity to reach the policy-making sector.'

He said that he believes in deeds rather than politics, so he will increase his work at the same time. Mingma Gyabu said, ‘Since we have a lot of work online, I will take both of them together.’ He said that since he heard/saw many complaints and problems while seeking votes in the village, those issues are also together. ‘The village houses have become very empty. People have left the village for the city and the city for the country. This has led to the loss of our cultural values,’ Mingma Gyabu said, ‘We need to work on these issues.’ Mingma Gyabu said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has no right to disappoint the people with this change that came after the Genji movement.