DHANGADI, NOVEMBER 1
With the November 20 elections just around the corner, election campaign of the ruling alliance is running in full swing in Constituency No 5 of Kailali.
Among their election agenda are pledges ranging from ending inundation and erosion, problems bedevilling Dhangadi, to developing it into a model city.
Dhangadi is a major business hub in Sudurpaschim Province that falls in Kailali Constituency-5.
Dilliraj Panta is contesting for the House of Representative seat from the constituency, while Prakash Bahadur Deuba and Ramesh Dhami are in the fray for the two Provincial Assembly seats on behalf of the ruling alliance.
Ruling alliance HoR candidate Panta has issued a joint 22-point pledge that covers a wide range of topics from economy to education, health, tourism and sports.
"We will move ahead by forming meaningful coordination with all three levels of governments for the development of our constituency as an economic, educational, health, tourism and sports hub," said Panta. "If elected, we're committed to focusing on all 21 wards of our constituency to provide the basic necessities of education, health, road, and drinking water, besides ending the perennial scourge of inundation and erosion by rivers.
On the provincial front, CPN-MC's leader Ramesh Dhami is contesting on behalf of the ruling coalition from Kailali-5 A. "Besides taking ahead development activities, I will also do the needful to formulate necessary laws," said Dhami, who is busy with his door-to-door election campaign now. For the election, he has issued a 19-point announcement paper.
In Kailali-5 B, Nepali Congress leader Prakash Bahadur Deuba is campaigning by making public his 10-point election pledge.
"Besides carrying out developmental activities, we are committed to resolving the longstanding problems of inundation and erosion," said Deuba, adding it was imperative to vote for the ruling alliance candidates for a stable and responsible government.
A version of this article appears in the print on November 2, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
