KATHMANDU:- At a time when election to the House of Representatives is coming closer, election fever has gripped Kathmandu constituency-2.
Though the formal election publicity programme would begin from February 16, candidates have been reaching before voters through door-to-door campaign, assemblies and interaction.
Total 28 candidates – 16 from political parties and 12 independent are in election race in this constituency. Of them, 22 are men and six are women.
Maniram Phuyal from CPN (UML), Kabir Sharma from Nepali Congress, Sunil KC from Rastriya Swatantra Party, Mukunda Karki from Shram Sanskriti Party and Kunti Devi Pokharel from Rastriya Prajatantra Party.
Candidates shared that they have taken this election as the test of trust, not only a competition of party. Employment, infrastructure development, education, health and corruption control are the ‘agenda’ of most of the candidates.
They have been making commitment of addressing problems related to daily life of voters rather than making laws. Management of traffic jam of Koteshwor, drinking water problem, management of Manohara corridor and generation of employment opportunities are also agenda of almost all candidates.
Voters have expected that parliamentarians should resolve problems of road, bridge, drinking water, sewerage though the country has adopted federalism. There are 88,708 voters in Kathmandu-2 as well as 40 polling stations and 100 voting centres. (RSS)