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CPN-UML leader and former IGP Sarbendra Khanal has filed his nomination for the by-election in Tanahun. He filed his nomination by reaching the election officer’s office on Monday afternoon. Bhagwati Neupane proposed his candidacy while Ek Bahadur Rana seconded the proposal. The Election Commission is holding the by-election in Tanahun-1 after Nepali Congress lawmaker Ram Chandra Paudel was elected as the President of the country. Govinda Bhattarai from the Nepali Congress and Swarnim Wagle from the Rastriya Swatantra Party are preparing to file the nominations.    

A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court against Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhhane. Yubaraj Paudel ‘Safal’ on behalf of the Nepali citizen had moved the apex court on Sunday saying that Lamichhane obtained the Nepali passport when he was a US citizen. The hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday. Paudel has demanded an interim order in the name of the defendant. Earlier, the Supreme Court had scrapped Lamichhane’s lawmaker post after he was found guilty in the citizenship case.

Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane filed his nomination for the by-election of Chitwan-2. Metropolitan Coordinator Sita Gyawali proposed his candidacy while Bharatpur-11 Coordinator Bikram Shrestha seconded the proposal. Lamichhane had reached the election officer’s office along with a rally from the party’s publicity office at Bharatpur-11. The Election Commission is holding the by-election in Chitwan-2 after the Supreme Court scrapped Lamichhane’s lawmaker post saying that he had never applied to reclaim his Nepali citizenship after renouncing this American citizenship. Nepali Congress incumbent District President Jit Narayan Shrestha will file his nomination at 1 pm today for the election slated for April 23.

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has finalized candidates for the by-elections in three constituencies. A Parliamentary Committee meeting of the RPP held on Sunday decided to make Shova Guru as a candidate in Tanahun and Sone Lal Sah and Jeevan Puri as the candidates in Bara and Chitwan respectively. The Janata Samajbadi Party has decided to field Upendra Yadav and the Rastriya Swatantra Party has decided to field Ramesh Kharel for the elections slated for April 23.