HoR elections: Nawalpur-2 voters flag unfulfilled election promises before candidates

Nawalpur (Nawalparasi), Feb 10: As the date for the House of Representatives (HoR) Member election approaches, voters in Nawalparasi (Bardaghat–Susta East) have recalled the various promises made by parties and their candidates in the previous election.     

Mitra Paudel, a voter of Madhyabindu-3 said that during the previous elections, commitments were made to the voters in this electoral constituency to address the main issues such as erosion caused by the Narayani River, the human-wildlife conflict, and distribution of land ownership certificates to the landless.     

"Work has begun to control the erosion of agricultural land caused by the Narayani River, which is one of the main issues here. We have never found the remaining issues are ever prioritised," he said.     

He complained that development of infrastructure such as health, education, employment and roads has not been possible here, and although some improvements have been seen in the health sector, other issues have not been addressed.     

Anita Kumari Thanet from Kawasoti Municipality–17 stated that during the previous elections candidates had promised to make necessary efforts to prevent wild animals from the national park from entering the village when asking for votes, but this promise was never met.     

She however expressed happiness that the leaders have lived up to their promise of constructing a paved road in her locality.     

Aditya Bishwakarma, 22, from Dumkibas, Triveni Rural Municipality-1, said that there should be employment opportunities for young people in the country itself. "We young people want change, a change where we do not have to go abroad for employment," he stressed.     

There are 18 candidates in electoral constituency No. 2. Among them, 12 are from political parties and six are independent.     

Here, the main competition seems to be between the candidates of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML), the Nepali Congress, the Nepali Communist Party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party, and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.     

The District Election Office said that there are a total of 131,445 registered voters here, including 63,072 women, 68,370 men, and three sexual and gender minority individuals.(RSS)