गृहपृष्ठ ∕ Politics ∕ UML wins local-lections at Budhiganga Politics UML wins local-lections at Budhiganga KathmanduPati July 10, 2022 KATHMANDU – The CPN (UML) has won the local level elections at Budhiganga municipality in Bajura. Ram Baniya has been elected the mayor and Maya Khadka (Kunwar) deputy-mayor in the voting held under the May 13 local elections. It may be noted that earlier, the Election Commission had decided to hold re-voting on July 7 at the municipality following disputes among political parties. Baniya secured 4,777 votes while Kunwar got 4,727 to win the election against their nearest competitors Ranga Bahadur Khati of Nepali Congress (3,774) and Rita Shahi of the NC (3,755) respectively, according to election officer Laxman Kathayat. The winning candidates had lost the previous 2017 elections to the NC and the NC fielded new faces on the key posts while the UML had decided to repeat the old candidates. The Budhiganga comprises 10 wards and of them, seven are won by the UML and remaining by the NC. As the district election officer Nawaraj Awasti, there were 13,659 voters for the local elections at the locality and the total voters’ turnout was 66.83 percent. Write your comments RELATED NEWS RSP to hold first convention as statute changes take focus Government forms task force to resolve long-running Pathibhara cable car… CIAA summons former foreign minister in passport printing probe Minister informs HoR, Rs 88.33 billion budget allocated for Intensive… Education, sports sector in government’s top priority: Education Minister Pokharel UML Unveils ‘Mission Awakening’ to Mobilize Cadres for Local and… Top Headlines Before the Ballots: How Oli Lost the Political Narrative1 Nepal “a Buffer State”: Rethinking foreign policy in relative terms2 Balen’s Silence Has Invited Curiosity, Confusion, and Concerns3 We will return the savings of cooperative victims within 100 days : Rabi Lamichhane4 Jagdamba Group Chairman Shankar Agrawal Arrested5 Two Offices Under Ministry of Communication to Be Abolished6 Court Orders Release of UML Rekha Sharma7 Nepali Congress provides financial assistance for Samba’s treatment8 TRENDING Once on the Margins, Women Diplomats Are Now Making Their Mark in Nepal’s Foreign Service Sector What Makes Prithivi Narayan Shah a Philosopher and a Truly Democratic King? What role has the Nepal Army been playing in controlling the coronavirus? UPAYA CITY CARGO LAUNCHES Version 3.0 Army Day : Five facts about Nepal’s ‘blue helmets’ in UN-peacekeeping missions Namrata is Miss Nepal 2020 Nepal Army opens investigation into case of captains thrashing soldier in Congo “Ranju Darshana: Government has been using superiority approach to handling pandemic”
