MAHOTTARI, FEBRUARY 20

The activities of political parties in the district have intensified with preparations for the upcoming local elections. The major rival parties in national politics, as well as small and new parties, have increased their activities aimed at wooing voters.

Accordingly, the ruling Nepali Congress party is preparing for the district convention which was withheld earlier. The Congress, which is preparing for the district convention, is holding a regional convention in Constituency No 3 of Mahottari today.

Acting district president Shambhu Narayan Pathak said his party would contest local elections immediately after the convention.

Similarly, the CPN-UML held a local level election-focused public meeting in Constituency No 3 Pipara yesterday. Tek Bahadur Balampaki, district chair of the party, said they were busy with the work of selecting initial names of the local level party committee candidates of the district in view of the upcoming election.

Similarly, the CPN-Maoist Centre, Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal have intensified their party activities. At present, programmes of some parties are held in different places of the district on the same day.

Apart from this, the Janamat Party is also engaged in formation and reorganisation of the assembly, meeting and local party committees.

Yesterday alone, the Scientific Socialist Communist Party, led by Bishwabhakta Dulal (Ahuti), held its first district meeting in Bardibas.

Similarly, the Nepali Congress held a Madhes–province level meeting in Bardibas yesterday. The party's meeting was attended by central members as well.

As the government has announced the date of the local level election and the Election Commission has been making preparations for it, the parties are now intensifying their activities. However, the Scientific Socialist Communist Party has made it clear that its work is more about identifying and raising issues of public concern than election-centric ones.

A version of this article appears in the print on February 21, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.