By-election: 102-year-old man votes in Hetauda

Manahari (Makawanpur), Dec 1: A centenarian man has cast a ballot at a polling station at Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City-12 in Makawanpur district in the ongoing local level by-election.     

The by-election is being held today at various local levels across the country to fill various 41 vacant seats including ward chairperson posts in Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City ward no 12.     

Govinda Lamichhane, 102, exercised his franchise in the polling station set up at Bishnu Jyoti Basic School at Bhorle in ward no 12 and became the oldest voter in this by-election.     

The by-election started at 7 am today. Voters are enthusiastically taking part in the voting, said Voting Officer Saroj Poudel. (RSS)