Kathmandu. As the date for the election of the House of Representatives is approaching, an election-friendly environment is being created across the country. The election atmosphere has become more heated with the start of election campaigning from today.

A total of 24 candidates including those who won the House of Representatives constituency no 5 in the federal capital of Kathmandu in the past and from the main rival candidates as well as new and independent candidates from different political parties have filed their candidacies. People who have served as deputy prime minister, minister, party chief, senior vice-chairperson, general secretary and others have filed their candidacies in this constituency.

In Kathmandu-5, CPN-UML senior leader Ishwar Pokharel, Nepali Congress General Secretary Pradip Poudel, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) former chair Kamal Thapa, Nepal Communist Party’s Kalpana Sharma and Rastriya Swatantra Party’s Sasmit Pokharel are in the fray.

Paudel of the Nepali Congress won the House of Representatives election held in 2079 BS with 15,269 votes. CPN-UML’s Pokharel garnered 10,190 votes. Dr Pranay Shumsher Rana of Rastriya Janata Party (RSP) got 5,477 votes while Ram Prasad Upreti of RPP got 3,162 votes.

Poudel, who is also the NC general secretary, said the government has given priority to the issues of good governance, economic development, social justice and cultural identity raised by the Genji generation and the general public. “Technology-enabled and useful education, managed public parks for all, open and safe roads, accessible, accessible and technology-friendly health system, health insurance for all, our heritage, our identity, preservation of art and culture and tourism promotion are among our priorities,” he said । ”

Senior leader Pokharel, who was the closest competitor to the party chair in the 11th General Convention of the CPN (UML) held on December 11, said that the issues like access to educational and health institutions and systematization for quality enhancement were in his priority. Also the former Deputy Prime Minister, he said, “Production and employment should be directly linked to the people, incomplete physical infrastructure for the management of urban facilities and further construction are in our agenda.” ”

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) candidate Thapa, who is also the former deputy prime minister, has made the issue of Hindu state and reinstatement of monarchy the main agenda for nationality and corruption control. “We will develop Hadigaun and Tokha as cultural towns and make settlements including Bishnumati and Dhobikhola corridor systematic,” he said.

NCP candidate Sharma said controlling corruption and good governance were his main agendas. “Making social justice and service delivery effective and efficient is our priority. ”

On the occasion, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RSP) leader Pokharel pledged to establish accountability, transparency and accountable representation through direct dialogue. Stating that the local people’s complaints, suggestions, expectation and priorities would be directly documented, he said, adding that the local people’s complaints, suggestions, expectation and priorities would be directly documented and linked them to the policy-level discussions and programme formulation in the parliament. ”

Similarly, Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal’s Danindra Joshi, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party’s Shova Lal Shrestha, Rastriya Janamorcha’s Ashok Bikram GC, Pragati Loktantrik Party’s Bishnu Shrestha, Mangol National Organization’s Meera Gurung and Samyukta Nagarik Party’s Samyukta Kaji Sunuwar have filed their nominations in the constituency.

Similarly, Nimesh Khanal of the Communist Party of Nepal (united), Nisha Adhikari of Dynamic Democratic Party, Basanta Raj Kunwar of Jaya Mathrubhumi Party, Amit Thapa of Shram Sanskriti Party, Gyanendra Prajapati of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), Shree Ram Gurung of Ujyalo Nepal Party, Ramesh Tamang of Trimul Nepal, Yubaraj Kafle of Nepal Communist Party (Marxist) (single election symbol) and Komal Poudel of the Aam Janata Party (single election symbol) have filed their nominations. Kaimuna Mijar, Dhak Bahadur Karki, Dharma Dangol, Prabha Shrestha and Ramita Sapkota are contesting as independent candidates.

In the last election, the RSP had bagged 11,647 votes, the NC 10,043, the UML 9,652, the RPP 7,201 and the CPN (Maoist Centre) 1,224.

A total of 65 political parties across the country are competing for 61 election symbols under first-past-the-post (first-past) election system for the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 4. A total of 3,406 candidates are in the fray under the first-past-the-post category.

As many as 63 political parties are contesting under the proportional representation (PR) system for 57 election symbols. A total of 3,135 candidates, including 1,772 female and 1,363 male candidates, have been included in the closed list for the same. The Election Commission has enforced the election code of conduct from January 18.

A total of 1,8903,689 voters including 9,240,131 women, 9,663,358 male and 200 third parties are eligible to cast their ballots. A total of 23,112 polling stations have been set up at 10,967 polling stations across the country.