Political candidates busy at wooing voters in Makawanpur-2

Bagmati, Feb 9: As the date for voting under the House of Representatives election is approaching nearer, the candidates from different political parties in Makawanpur constituency-2 are doing their best to win the voters' trust. 

The candidates- 16 from political parties and five independent ones- are trying to secure voters' trust in their favours. Entry of new political forces has made the election more interesting than in the past. 

The candidates are Buddha Lama (Nepali Congress ), Mahesh Kumar Bartaula ( CPN-UML), Ram Bahadur Thokari (Rastriya Prajatantra Party), Prashant Upreti (Rastriya Swatantra Party), Santosh Bista (Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party), Unesh Lama Sintan (Shram Sanskriti Party), Dr Prabeen Kumar Syangtan (Ujjayalo Nepal Party), Saroj Tamang (Nepal Workers and Peasants Party), Ram Ghalan (Nepali Communist Party), Chhabilal Waiba (Janata Samajbadi Party) and Hiralal Syangtan (Mangol National Organistion), Shubha Raj Praja (Samyukta Nagarik Party) are contesting the elections. 

These political have not fielded any female candidates in the direct election, suggesting the trend that women are preferred under the proportional representation and not given opportunity to contest in the direct elections. 

Only Pratiksha Baniya, from an independent category, is the female candidate for the election. Other independent candidates include Krishna Ram Shrestha, Ramesh Acharya and Amrit Bal. 

Among the candidates, UML's Ghartuala had won the previous 2022 election from here while Thokar is testing his trust second time and Lama serves as the NC Makawanpur candidate. 

Now candidates are seen reaching the voters' doorsteps with their agenda. The constituency comprises four wards of the Hetauda Sub metropolis, Thaha municipality, Raksirang rural municipality, Kailash rural municipality, Indra Sarobar rural municipality, Manahari rural municipality, Bheemfedi rural municipality and two wards of the Makawanpur rural municipality. 

It has total 74,566 female voters and 82,333 male voters with 105 voting stations and 196 polling centres. The constituency also includes the geographically remote area with indigenous Chhepang and Tamang community-majority. 

Candidates from the old parties are at work to retain the party legacy while new political parties are hopeful of breaching the trend with their wins. The candidates of NC, UML, NCP and RPP said voters will judge them from their past deliveries, development initiatives, their familiarity with voters, internalization of the locals needs, efforts to promote development, good governance and transparency, and integrity they maintained, while RSP candidate said that voters this time are searching for a new face, mind and thought. (RSS)