KATHMANDU, April 5: The Nepali Congress (NC) has picked the party's candidates for the upcoming by-elections to be held in Ilam Constituency-2 for House of Representatives (HoR) and Bajhang Constituency-1 (A) for Sudurpaschim Province Assembly.
A meeting of the NC parliamentary board and work execution committee held on Thursday finalized the names of Dambar Bahadur Khadka for Ilam and Abishekh Bahadur Singh for Bajhang, NC central office's Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel said.
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The by-elections are taking place on April 27 in Ilam Constituency No. 2 and Bajhang Constituency-1 (A).
The NC has also appealed to the voters in the two constituencies to cast their vote for the party's candidates and make the party candidates victorious.
Filing of nomination papers for the by-elections is scheduled to be held on April 6. The final list of candidates will be published on April 9.
The other major political parties have already announced their candidates for the by-elections in Ilam-2 and Bajhang-1 (A).
