NC picks candidates for NA election from 4 provinces

KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Nepali Congress has finalized the name of the candidates for National Assembly election of four provinces except Province 1, 2 and 3.

The meeting held on Tuesday, picked the candidates for the election scheduled for February 7, informed Govinda Pariyar, Press Secretariat of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The party is said to pick the candidates of Provinces 1, 2and 3 by Tuesday evening.

Here’s the list:

Province 4

1 Surendra Raj Pandey (Other Group)

2 Brinda Rana Magar (Women)

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3 Jeet Bahadur Nepali (Dalit)

4 Prakash Pant (Disable)

Province 5

1 Durga Prasad Upadhyaya (Others)

2 Anita Devkota (Women)

3 Maiku Lal Balmiki (Dalit)

4 Loot Bahadur Khatri (Disable)

Province 6

1 Bishnu Bahadur Shahi (Open)

2 Surya Devi Malla (Women)

3 Sita Ram BK (Dalit)

4 Gopal Prasad Sharma (Disable)

Province 7

1 Badri Pandey

2 Tara Devi Bhatta (Women)

3 Sheri Ram Parki (Dalit)

4 Chhatra Raj Joshi (Disable)