Kathmandu, 4 August: With the announcement of the date for the by-elections by the Election Commission, the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) have intensified their search for candidates in Kaski-2, the only constituency which has a vacant seat for the federal parliament after the death of Rabindra Adhikari, according to media reports.
Kaski-2, the constituency of late Tourism Minister who died in a helicopter accident in February, is slated to go for the by-elections together with other constituencies with vacant seats at local and provincial levels on November 30.
NCP veteran Bamdev Gautam and late Adhikari’s widow, Bidya Bhattarai, have been seen as the front runners for the seat from among half a dozen contenders, while one among Devraj Chalise and Soviet Bahadur Adhikari is the most likely candidate from NC.
Chalise, who had lost the election to Adhikari by a slim margin, is the party’s favourite, according to a senior NC leader. According to sources, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged Gautam, a party veteran, to contest the by-elections from the constituency.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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