PM Deuba wins HoR seat from Dadeldhura in Nepal polls
The Hindu
Mr. Deuba has never lost any parliamentary election in his five decades of political career
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected with a huge margin of votes from the Dadeldhura constituency in far west Nepal for the seventh consecutive time.
Mr. Deuba, 77, secured 25,534 votes against his nearest rival Sagar Dhakal, 31, an independent candidate who received 1,302 votes. Mr. Deuba has never lost any parliamentary election in his five decades of political career.
Mr. Dhakal is a young engineer, who had a verbal squabble with Mr. Deuba during a public debate at BBC's Sajha Sawal program five years ago, after which he decided to challenge Mr. Deuba saying that now youths should get chance in politics and senior people like Mr. Deuba should get rest.
Nepali Congress president Mr. Deuba is currently holding the post of Prime Minister for the fifth term.
The ruling Nepali Congress has so far bagged 10 seats in the House of Representatives (HoR) while it is leading in 46 other constituencies.
The CPN-UML led by K.P. Oli has so far bagged three seats and is leading in 42 constituencies.
Elections to the HoR and seven provincial assemblies were held on Sunday. The counting of votes started on Monday.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.