CPN (Maoist Center) leaders Hithman Shakya (right) and Ruku Ranapal (left), submit candidacy for the post of mayor and deputy mayor of the Kageshwari Manohara Municipality respectively on Tuesday. 

Shova Shakya (left) and Ramesh Maharjan pose for a joint photograph after filing independent candidacy for the post of deputy-mayor and mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City in Lalitpur on Tuesday. 

Nepali Congress party cadres head for election commission office in Bharatpur for filing the party’s nomination for the municipal elections on Tuesday. 

CPN-UML party cadres cheer as the party’s candidate for local elections head for the district’s election commission office to file candidacy on Tuesday.

CPN-UML mayoral candidate for Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Vidyasundar Shrestha cheers before submitting candidacy at the Rastriya Sabha Griha (City Hall), Kathmandu on Tuesday.

 Nepali Congress mayor and deputy-mayor candidates for the Kageshwori Manahora Municipality pose for a joint photo after submitting their candidacy on Tuesday.

Photos: Bijaya Rai, Bijay Gajmer/Republica

 
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