Kathmandu, Dec 26: Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has said he will not contest the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5, 2026.
Speaking at a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee on Thursday, Sharma announced his decision not to run in the election.
The party had unanimously recommended him as a candidate from Jhapa 1. Thanking the party for the recommendation, Sharma said he would not be a candidate in the March 5 poll.
In the 2022 House of Representatives election, Sharma was elected lawmaker after defeating CPN UML leader Agni Kharel.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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