Baniyani (Jhapa), June 25: Pankaj Karki of Bhadrapur Municipality-8 is bustling with door-to-door visits in his locality to convince as many as voters to vote for him in the June 28’s second phase of election.
Unlike other candidates, he effortlessly draws a huge crowd as well as furrow in anyone’s brow, thanks to his distinctly short height.
Karki, whose height measures at four feet, claims to be the shortest candidate to contest this upcoming election for the ward membership of ward no 8 in the Bhadrapur Municipality in Jhapa district as an independent candidate.
The second phase of election is going to take place in 35 districts, including Jhapa, across province no 1, 5 and 7 for 334 local units. Jhapa lies in province 1.
With no prior exposure to politics, it is Karki’s maiden attempt to be in the leadership to effect positive changes in his municipality that, he claims, is plagued by corruption.
“Combating corruption in my municipality is high on my agenda besides creating employment opportunities to avert the brain drain among the skilled and educated youths in my locality,” said the 29-year-old, sharing his plans and programmes if he is ever elected in the upcoming election.
Although short in height, Karki lives by a high thinking. “A person may be stunted in height but he/she should always think big and high,” he philosophizes.
Talking to RSS, the youth contender bemoaned, “A huge number of degree holder youths here are seeking greener pastures. I will take the lead to create jobs suiting to their education and skills.”
He has been granted ‘tiger’ as his election symbol. Karki is confident of his victory in the election because he would like to believe that the youth section of the voters could easily relate to him besides relying on him confidently. RSS
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