गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Politics ∕ Dr Khim Lal Devkota wins National Assembly seat Politics Dr Khim Lal Devkota wins National Assembly seat KathmanduPati May 20, 2021 KATHMANDU – Independent candidate Dr Khim Lal Devkota has been elected to the post of member of the National Assembly. A by-election was held for the post today. Dr Devkota defeated ruling party CPN-UML’s Ram Bahadur Thapa by 5,088 votes against 4.014. The third candidate in the fray, Krishna Bahadur Tamang of Nepal Majdoor Kissan Party received 132 votes, according to the election office. Write your comments RELATED NEWS Nepali Congress urges government to protect citizens after Saudi drone… Trump envoys confront Zelensky as US-Ukraine tensions escalate Indian Foreign Secretary to visit Nepal ahead of Balen’s India… Climate loss and damage fund approves $20 Million grant for… Nepal must accelerate reforms to exit FATF grey list BJP claims Rahul Gandhi visited Vietnam amid voter roll row Top Headlines Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms1 Monsoon is predictable and Nepal’s disaster response should be too2 Promotion Linked to Future Military Leadership: Major General Magar Could Become Army Chief3 When the State Pulls the Trigger, Who Answers ?4 PM Shah pledges Krishnabhir highway reopening within month5 Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative6 Nepal’s Political Renaissance: The rise of the RSP, the re-ordering of the old political order and the political path forward7 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns8 TRENDING Lockdown 2.0: What the Government should do this time around Now more than ever, support the IT sector “Ranju Darshana: Government has been using superiority approach to handling pandemic” The envisioned Defense University and its rationale Federal Parliament Secretariat returns badge pins to manufacturer Why US Indo-Pacific strategy will fail Huawei ICT Awards 2020 Grand Finale Concluded Former PM Bhattarai felicitates Indian taekwondo head coach Jaigadi