Mahottari. The election to the members of the House of Representatives-2082 is approaching. Voters are being wary of who is raising their issues. The movement of political party leaders and cadres and candidates to the town and village settlements has increased in Mahottari district as the election date is approaching. Political parties and other independent candidates are reaching the settlements and increasing their engagement with the people. At the same time, the general public is reminding the parties and candidates of their issues.

The issue of good governance is common in Mahottari district of the four constituencies for the members of the House of Representatives. Voters in all four areas have raised the issue of transparency and accountability from government offices to development works. Regionally, Region No. 1 is the main forest area of the district covering the entire Chure region. The voters here have mainly raised the issues of conservation of natural resources, forests, hills and rivers.

“The issue of priority in our area is the control of rampant excavation and encroachment in rivers, hilly thumkas and forest areas,” said Ramu Adhikari of Bardibas-14 in Mahottari Municipality-1. He said that the candidate who shows a clear blueprint on these issues is likely to be their choice.

Similarly, the voters of Constituency No. 2 have mainly raised the problems of erosion and inundation in the rainy season and water scarcity in winter. “The rivers like Bighi, Ratu, Oksi and Kutameshwari create havoc during the rainy season. According to him, there is no arrangement of seeds, fertilizer, agricultural loan and irrigation for them.

Similarly, voters of constituency-3, which includes the district headquarters Jaleshwor Municipality, also said that they have been facing major problems like river erosion, inundation and irrigation. However, young voters of Jaleshwor Municipality say that good governance should be the main agenda of this election. Sunil Sah, 30, of Jaleshwor-2 said, “Our spoiled things are irregularities, we should be able to use it according to the rituals,” said Sunil Sah, 30, adding, “Once everything is done according to the method, the damaged areas will be corrected.” ”

Similarly, the people of Constituency No. 4, which connects India to the south and Sarlahi in the west, have been suffering from erosion and inundation by the Hardi and Madaha rivers for years. Social worker Mohammad Qadir Hussain of Ramgopalpur-2 said that due to lack of reliable hospital in the area, the patients have to go to India for treatment. “Our region lags far behind in terms of access to education and health,” Hussain said, adding, “Irrigation is a major problem in the country. He said that they are waiting for the candidates to take up these issues in this Mahayagya of the House of Representatives.

Voters are now raising these issues with the party cadres and candidates who have been reaching the settlements seeking votes during the election campaign. Voters are looking for candidates who can draw a clear blueprint for a solution by connecting themselves to these issues. “This time, we will choose the candidates who will show a clear blueprint on these issues and ensure their resolution,” said Ram Ishwor Thakur, a 30-year-old youth voter of Bhangaha-4, Ramnagar in constituency-1.

Although the major parties have made political arguments about the justification of their candidacies, the general public does not seem to care about them. Voters in the majority of the districts, which are the main occupations of agriculture, say they are watching who is raising their issues in the election. “We don’t want to listen to political arguments, how will we get water in our fields? What will the farmers get now? How do we get fertilizer, seeds and easy loans on time?” said Jiwachha Singh Tharu, a farmer of Bhangaha-2 in Mahottari-2. ”

There are 15 local levels in the district. There are 10 municipalities and five rural municipalities. Although there are 10 municipalities in the district, most of the settlements in the municipality are from the rural background. Without infrastructure development, the so-called municipalities have become mere places to increase taxes without subsidies.

Most of the people in all the four constituencies of the district are involved in agriculture. Voters complain that most of the local levels in the district lack a well-managed agriculture section despite the slogan of ‘Singha Durbar in the villages’. Ganesh Mahato, 55, of Ramnagar in Gaushala Municipality-1 said that the issue of agriculture has not been seen even among the representatives of any level. Now, voters say that they will not vote in this election.

Now the parties are preparing the affidavits according to the promises after the voters started coming from the voters that the parties and candidates did not think about. “We have been raising the issue of overall development,” said Suresh Yadav, a representative of the Nepali Congress general convention and a resident of Sakhuwatol in Bhangaha-9 of Mahottari-1. Similarly, the district leadership of the CPN-UML, CPN-UML, Nepali Communist Party, Rastriya Swatantra Party and Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal have also pledged to reach out to the people in all the four constituencies.

A total of 139 candidates are contesting in all four constituencies of the district. There are 12 independent candidates and 25 candidates from 13 political parties in constituency no. 1. Similarly, 22 independent candidates and 15 political parties are contesting in constituency 2. Similarly, 26 independent and 15 political parties are contesting in constituency no. 3 while 23 independent and 13 political parties are contesting in constituency no. 4. A total of 19 women candidates including 11 independent and eight political parties are contesting in the election.

There are 431,282 voters in the district. Of them, 235,183 are male, 196,097 female and 2 gender, according to the District Election Office. Of these, constituency number 3 has the highest number of 110,436 voters. Similarly, there were 107,606 voters in Constituency No. 4, 107,594 in Constituency No. 2 and 105,646 in Constituency No. 1.

A total of 536 polling stations have been set up at 258 polling stations in the district. A total of 130 polling stations have been set up at 59 polling stations in Constituency No. 1. Similarly, 133 polling stations have been set up at 62 polling stations in Province No. 2, 142 polling stations at 77 polling stations in Province No. 3 and 131 polling stations at 60 polling stations in Province No. 4, according to District Election Officer Ranjita Jha.

According to the District Security Committee, 163 polling stations are very sensitive, 89 are sensitive and only six are normal. High security arrangement has been made for the polling stations, said Chief District Officer Indra Dev Yadav, who is also the chairman of the District Security Committee.