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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.    

Nepal Federal Socialist Party Chairman and former Home State Minister Mohammad Rijwan is going to be a candidate from the Nagarik Unmukti Party. He has decided to file a nomination from the Nagarik Unmukti Party in the by-election of Bara-2 slated from April 23. The two parties have made a two-point agreement. Nagarik Unmukti Party spokesperson Damodar Pandit said that they have agreed to unite the party at the earliest by forming a task force. He said that the party has also decided to file nominations in Chitwan and Tanahun. The party has decided to make Rajesh Adhikari a candidate in Chitwan-2 and Bhim Sunar in Tanahun 1. The Nagarik Unmukti Party is associated with the current ruling alliance. Party Chairperson Ranjita Shrestha was appointed as the Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation in the recently expanded Cabinet. The Nagarik Unmukti Party has four lawmakers in the federal Parliament. Upendra Yadav and Ramesh Kharel have decided to file nominations from the Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Swatantra Party respectively in Bara-2.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha has assured the agitating loan shark victims of resolving their problem. The government has reached an agreement with them and their problem would be resolved soon, he said. Following the agreement, the protesting people, who were in the Kathmandu to join a protest all the way from Tarai, are set to return home. "You (the victims) can return home rest-assured. It will not take long to address your demand as per the agreement," the DPM and Home Minister said. Before their departure, they got COVID-19 tests from a team of Bir Hospital. "They are all prepared to return home. They came to Kathmandu around two weeks ago. So, they got health checkups and treatment," he said. Medical officer of Bir Hospital Dr Sanjaya Dharel said the health of all victims was normal. "Their health is normal. We have recommended some of them suffering from chronic diseases for their further checkups and counseling," he said. The victims said they were assured that their problem would be resolved. They also demanded that the government manage transportation for them to return home. "We are convinced that the problem would be resolved," said Shyam Kumar Thakur, a loan shark victim of Siraha district.