By-election in three constituencies: No excitement in ruling Maoist and Unified Socialist

The election atmosphere has again heated up in the country. By-elections is scheduled for April 23 in three constituencies in three districts in Nepal.

However, most of the parties in the government, including the CPN-Maoist Centre, which is leading the government has not been touched by the by-election. They hadn’t even field the candidates in the constituencies.

While the excitement and election fever fully gripped the parties like Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Janamat party, the Maoist centre is supporting the candidates of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Tanahun and Chitwan and the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) in Bara.

Candidates registered their nominations on Monday for the by-elections to be held at Bara-2, Chitwan-2 and Tanahun-1. Even though Maoists claimed Tanahun 1, they backed down when Congress refused. Not only the Maoists, but also the Unified Socialists led by Madhav Nepal will not contest the by-polls.