Candidate from Kathmandu-8 making conservation of cultural heritage, drinking water and transport management and tourism promotion his main agenda
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. The election to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu constituency-8 has given top priority to the issues of urban management as well as protection and promotion of world heritage.
Situated in the center of Kathmandu, this constituency is home to various tangi÷intangible heritages, including Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square, which is listed in the World Heritage List.TAG_OPEN_div_82 The candidates have pledged to focus their attention on the preservation, promotion and publicity of these heritages remaining as the major bases of Nepal’s tourism sector.
Suman Sayami, a candidate of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), said that he was focused on the agenda of heritage conservation and encroachment of cultural land in constituency no. 8, which is a cultural city.TAG_OPEN_div_80 “I have been raising these issues for more than a decade to raise people’s living standards. “This time, voters want to vote for those who work and not those who speak,” he said. I am not looking for a leader who will not return after voting. I will do my best to address the pain of the people. ”
Nepali Congress candidate Sapana Rajbhandari said that she is planning to reach out to the voters on the issues of conservation of cultural heritage, drinking water and transport management.TAG_OPEN_div_78 According to him, the voters have become more aware in the recent period as compared to the past, saying people have started asking questions during the informal publicity and interviews with voters.
Nepali Congress leader Rajbhandari said, “Citizens have been complaining that the leaders have not made efforts to fulfill the promises made to the voters during the election.TAG_OPEN_div_76 ”
CPN-UML candidate Rajesh Shakya said the voters are sympathetic to him as they are aware of his performance as he was a member of the State Assembly.TAG_OPEN_div_74 He said he would work with a master plan for the publicity and promotion of heritages as the constituency is full of heritages enlisted in the world heritage list.
Candidate Shakya pledged to promote the Ranjana script, develop tourism hubs, give legal recognition to traditional skills and focus on the development of health, education and information technology.TAG_OPEN_div_72
Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said that the voters had raised the issues of good governance and self-respect.TAG_OPEN_div_70 “The voters have urged the government to formulate a good policy for the country and take a stern policy against corruption,” he said. He said that his agenda was to protect the tangible and intangible heritage in the inner city, solve the problem of drinking water outside the city and protect the public property.
22 candidates, including five independents
A total of 22 candidates including five independent candidates are contesting in Kathmandu constituency-8.TAG_OPEN_div_66 CPN-UML’s Rajesh Shakya, Nepali Congress’s Sapana Rajbhandari, Rastriya Swatantra Party’s Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Nabin Shahi, Janata Samajbadi Party’s Saroj Raj Baidya and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party’s Bandana Shrestha are contesting the elections.
Similarly, Dinesh Shahi of Nepal Janata Suraksha Party, Remesh Bahadur Sunar of Samyukta Nagarik Party, Rajendra Prasad Shah of Nepal Communist Party (United), Shiva Sundar Karmacharya of Shram Sanskriti Party, Salam Singh Lama of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), Rajan Khadgi of Ujjyalo Nepal Party, Bijay Dangol of Nepal Sanghiya Samajbadi Party, Chhatra Kumar Pakhrin of Rastriya Mukti Andolan Nepal, Muktinath Sharma of Rastriya Makti Party and Khagesh Ranjitkar of Aam Janata Party have filed their candidacies for the constituencyTAG_OPEN_div_64 ।
Tulasa Shrestha Maharjan, Muna Neupane (Pandey), Bikash Khadgi, Sushila Nepali and Sunita Maharjan are contesting as independent candidates in constituency no. 8.TAG_OPEN_div_62
Winner of 2079 and closest rematch
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In the last election, Shrestha of Rastriya Samajwadi Party (RSP) won from Kathmandu-8 with 10,112 votes.TAG_OPEN_div_58 Suman Sayami, who was contesting from Hamro Nepali Party, became the closest competitor with 6,179 votes.
In the election, the then Nepal Communist Party (Unified Socialist) candidate Jeevan Ram Shrestha got 4,881 votes, Rastriya Prajatantra Party candidate Prakash Rimal got 4,388 votes and UML’s Shiva Sundar Raj Vaidya got 3,891 votes.TAG_OPEN_div_56 A total of 19 candidates are contesting from constituency no 8. Similarly, RSP candidate Shrestha, NCP’s Sayami and Sanghiya Samajbadi Party’s Dangol are also in the fray.
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In the 2079 BS elections, the RSP had secured 8,104 votes while our Nepali Party had got 5,023 votes, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 4,955, Nepali Congress 4,807, UML 4,055 and then CPN (Unified Socialist) 1,169 votes.TAG_OPEN_div_52
In the 2017 parliamentary election, CPN-UML candidate Jeevan Ram Shrestha won the House of Representatives election from the constituency securing 13,397 votes.TAG_OPEN_div_50 His nearest rival was NC’s Nabindra Raj Joshi who got 12,953 votes while Bibeksheel Sajha Party candidate Pukar Bam got 4,414 votes.
Bafal, Kalimati, Tankeshwori, Tahachal, Chhauni, Bhuinkhel, Shova Bhagawati, Lakhutirtha, Malchatar, Bijeshwori, Swayambhu, Yatkha, Dhokatol, Bhimsensthan, Bhagawa Tiwari, Basantapur, Itumbahal, Hanuman Dhoka, Lampaka, Soaltee Dobato, Harisiddhi and Chakdol are the constituencies in constituency no. 8.TAG_OPEN_div_48
There are 57 TAG_OPEN_div_46,811 voters in Kathmandu-8. There are eight wards of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Nagarjun Municipality in the constituency. The constituency comprises wards 13, 15, 19, 20, 23 and 24 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and ward no 4 and 5 of Nagarjun Municipality. According to the Election Commission, there are 65 polling stations in 23 polling stations in the constituency.
In the 2079 local level elections, UML had won the election to the post of Chief of Wards 13 and 23, Nepali Congress in ward no 19, 20 and 24 and the then Unified Socialist Party candidates in ward no 15.TAG_OPEN_div_44 Similarly, Nepali Congress and RPP won in ward no 4 and 5 respectively.
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