KATHMANDU, April 3: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Jeet Narayan Shrestha has filed his candidacy for the post of member of the House of Representatives (HoR) for the by-election being held in Chitwan-2.
Shrestha reached the Office of Chief Returning Officer in Bharatpur at 3:15 pm and registered his candidacy for the by-election to be held on 23rd April.
NC nominates Jeet Narayan Shrestha as its candidate in Chitwan-...
Shrestha's supporters include CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Ram Chandra Adhikari and NC District Committee President Rajeshwar Khanal.
After filing the nominations, Shrestha said that Chitwan should not be allowed to become a laboratory for elections. Jeet Narayan Shrestha has the support of Maoist Center, Unified Socialist and Janata Samajwadi Party.
A by-election is being held in Chitwan-2 after the Supreme Court scrapped the HoR membership of Rabi Lamichhane, President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, in the citizenship dispute. Lamichhane won the election on November 20 with a majority of votes.
