Parties canvassing sans candidate in Siraha

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
SIRAHA, APRIL 18Though local polls slated for May 13 are less than a month away,
political parties have failed to finalise their candidates for various posts in Siraha.
Big parties struggling to finalise
their candidates in Bara
'More CPN-UML cadres defecting to CPN (US)'
Nepali Congress leaders and cadres are campaigning
doorto-door soliciting votes without candidates
CPN-UML has expedited formation of local level committees in every tole and community. Nepali Congress, Lahan, has
announced that it will not forge any electoral alliance with any party
NC Lahan Municipal Committee has recommended Mahes Prasad Chaudhary, Santosh Kumar Chaudhary and Kranti Devi Prasaila for the post of
Lahan's mayor, while Punam Chaudhary, Sital Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar Yadav have been recommended for the post of deputy mayor.Talk of
forging electoral alliance between the CPN-Maoist Centre and Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal is in the air
But, they are yet to finalise the agreement on fielding common candidates in the various local levels
CPN-UML, Nepali Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal have strong presence in Lahan
CPN- UML's Munni Sah was elected mayor of Lahan in the last local polls.A version of this article appears in the print on April 19, 2022, of
The Himalayan Times
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