JANAKPURDHAM: The unanimously elected members of the National Assembly from Province 2 have received their certificates.

Chief Judge of High Court in Janakpur Uday Prakash Chapagain handed over the certificates to the members amid a function here Wednesday.

Of the eight members from the province, all were elected unopposed under the open category. Those elected include Jitendra Dev from Nepali Congress, Suman Raj Pyakurel from CPN-UML, and Ramesh Prasad Yadav from Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. They were elected unopposed under open category.

Similarly, Mukta Kumari Yadav of NC, Pramila Kumari of Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum Nepal and Shashi Kala Dahal of CPN Maoist Centre were elected unopposed under women category.

Chandra Lal of RJPN was elected under minority quota and Ramprit Paswan from SSFN under the Dalit quota.

Speaking in the programme, Dev, also the Minister for Culture, opined for ending poverty and backwardness with proper implementation of federalism in the country.