CHITWAN, April 26: A total of 30 persons have filed their candidacies for the post of mayor of Bharatpur Metropolis under the local level polls scheduled for May 13. The office of Chief Election Officer said that 16 candidates belong to various political parties and 14 others are independent candidates.

Similarly, 13 candidates have filed their candidacies for the post of deputy mayor of the metropolis.

Information officer at the election office, Purushottam Poudel informed RSS that the candidates filing their nominations include Renu Dahal of CPN (Maoist Centre), Bijay Subedi of CPN-UML, Ganesh Giri of Loktantrik Samajbadi, Prabin Kafle of Bibeksheel Sajha Party, Bhaktiram Gautam Sharma of Rastriya Janamorcha, Hari Prasad Dulal of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, Surya Prasad Regmi of Nepal Communist Party (Marxist Leninist), Tek Bahadur Pun Magar of the Mangol National Organization, Purna Bahadur Gurung of Rastriya Nagarik Party, Sanjay Kumar Thakur of Janamat Party, Binod Kumar Giri of Maulik Jarokilo Party, Laxman Adhikari of RPP-Nepal, Dipendra Banstola of Unnat Loktantra Party, and Khem Prasai of Samajik Ekta Party.

Similarly, the independent candidates for the mayor post are Jagannath Poudel, Ramkrishna Ojha, Harish Chandra Ghimire, Mohit Pande, Yamkant Sharma Kandel, Rudra Prasad Sapkota, Suman Adhikari, Yog Lal Shrestha, Uddhav Aryal, Kulraj Kandel, Hari Sharan Shrestha, Ramesh Bhandari, Milan Adhikari and Durga Prasad Sharma.

Those filing their candidacies for the post of deputy mayor include Chitrasen Adhikari of Nepali Congress, Himal Gurung of RPP, Pushpa Sapkota of Bibeksheel Sajha Party, Devi Sharma of Rastriya Janamorcha, Indira Sharma Gauli of Nepal Communist Party (Marxist Leninist), Mina Magar of Rastriya Janamukti Party, Sushma Tamang of Mangol National Organization, Kalpana Thapa of RPP-Nepal and Kaushila Khatri of CPN (Maoist Socialist). Similarly, independent candidates for the post of deputy mayor are Rabi Chandra Adhikari, Pabitra Joshi, Chandra Bahadur Tamang and Bhojraj Kaudal.

 
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