Dang, April 3: As the local level election date nears, various political parties in Dang district are expediting preparations for their leadership in the local units as rural municipalities, municipality and sub metropolitan cities.
While the ambitions of the prospective candidates appear to bloat with each passing day, the political parties are seemingly leaving no stone unturned for the favorable results in the May 14 election that is taking place after 20 years in the country.
The district has two sub-metropolitan cities, seven rural municipalities and a single municipality.
When it comes to the level of excitement among the public, the long overdue election is yet to stir them in the rural municipalities as Rapti and Banglachuli. On the contrary, the election has been talk of the town in urban areas in the district.
Nepali Congress (NC) had secured victory in all five constituencies in the district during the second constituent assembly, shared NC Dang President Kirti Bahadur Khadka, assuring of NC repeating the history in the upcoming election.
According to the locals, NC, CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Centre are likely to experience a cut-throat competition during the election given their growing grips in the locality.
Meanwhile in Jumla, major political parties have shown presence of late focusing the local election. As the political parties are waging options for candidates, voters too are speculating the victory of this and that candidates.
Of the total 14 registered parties in the district, the major three political parties, namely NC, CPN-UML and CPN-MC, are hugely caught up with the hustle and bustle of the election.
Of the single municipality and seven rural municipalities in Jumla district, NC and CPN-MC are claiming to be taking the lead in Chandannath Municipality. Similarly, CPN-UML, now the major opposition, is confident of winning at least 3 to 4 rural municipalities. RSS












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