RAUTAHAT, MAY 22

The result announcement of elections held on May 13 have revealed two women candidates as the winners of mayoral elections in two local levels of Rautahat district.

Reena Kumari Shah and Kaushalaya Devi will hold office as mayors in Maulapur and Ishnath municiaplities in Rautahat.

Shah, contesting under the CPN-UML ticket this election, has claimed the post for a second consecutive term. During the 2074 local level elections, Shah had been elected as the mayor as a CPN-Maoist candidate.

During the time, she was the first-ever woman to hold the mayoral post in all of Madesh Pradesh.

In the same manner, Kaushalaya Devi of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party has been eleted as the mayor of Ishnath municipality.

The forecoming of women in politics in a largely men-dominated domain could very well be early signs of positive, progressive change, especially here in the district.