Kathmandu, December 4

Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Bikram Bahadur Thapa, has called on the people to vote for the Nepali Congress-led democratic alliance in the second phase of parliamentary and provincial elections to see, according to him, economic development and prosperity in the country.

In his address to a joint election assembly organised by the democratic alliance at Balaju, a part of Kathmandu Constituency No 7 today, Minister Thapa, who represents the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in the Nepali Congress-led coalition government, claimed the democratic force had plans and vision for changing the nation’s fate by means of economic development. He further insisted on the need to ensure the alliance’s victory to see social transformation in the country by institutionalising the achievements of various movements.

Stating that earthquake survivors of far-flung areas of the constituency had still been deprived of the compensation  of Rs 300 thousand announced by the government, he pledged to take initiative to ensure distribution of monetary assistance to them as soon as possible.

There are a total of 57,588 voters in the constituency comprising wards 16,17,18 and 25 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, wards 3, 4 and 5 of Tarakeshwor Municipality and wards 1, 2 and 3 of Nagarjun Municipality.