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Nepali Congress panel has won in three wards of Dhanauji Rural Municipality, Dhanusha.

The Congress panel emerged victorious in three wards as per the vote counting conducted in Dhanauji-5, 4 and 3.

NC's Yuvak Kawari won the elections with 821 votes in ward-5 while his closest contender Kamal Narayan Pankaj of Janata Samajbadi Party secured 576 votes and CPN-UML's Hakim Momim received 350 votes.

Similarly, Bishnu Dev Mandal, Rabindra Raut, Pramila Devi and Anita Mahara have been elected as the ward members with 822, 778, 804 and 799 votes respectively.

NC's Ram Shobit Mandal has been elected with 424 points in ward-4. His closest contender Santosh Kumar of Democratic Socialist Party secured 333 votes and independent candidate Kalim Safi obtained 330 votes.

Ram Ashish Yadav, Mohan Sah, Amana Khatun and Manju Devi were elected as ward members with 423, 404, 417 and 409 votes respectively.

Likewise, Ram Narayan Yadav of Nepali Congress has been elected with 702 votes in ward 3. His closest contender Ramdular Mandal of UML obtained 579 votes and Ram Dev Mukviya of CPN (Unified Socialist) received 380 votes.

Dinesh Mukhiya, Rohit Kumar Mukhiya, Rekha Kumari Pandit and Mina Devi were elected as the ward members with 665, 638, 681 and 681 votes respectively.

Nepali Congress candidates emerged victorious in Dhakari Rural Municipality of Achham.

Prakash Bahadur Saud has been elected as the chairman with 3, 181 votes. His closest contender Dharma Bahadur Saud of CPN-UML got 2, 555 votes.

Similarly, Netrakala Devi has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the rural municipality.

She secured 3, 100 votes while her closest contender Maya Devi Buda of CPN-UML garnered 2, 573 votes.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was happy to visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.

Indian Prime Minister Modi and his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba offer prayers at the Mayadevi Temple.

Modi will lay the foundation stone of the India International Center for Buddhist Culture and Heritage to be constructed by the government of India.

He will return home today itself.

Nepali Congress candidates Ram Ashraya Sah and Akali Sahani have been elected as the chairperson and vice-chairperson of Dhankaul Rural Municipality, Sarlahi respectively.

Sah garnered 4, 477 votes while Sahani secured 4, 504 votes.

Sah's closest contender CPN (Maoist Centre)'s Phakira Mahato got 3, 378 votes. Vice-Chairperson Sahani's closest contender Maoist Centre's Nilam Kumari Devi Sahani received 3, 225 votes.

Nepali Congress emerged victorious in ward 1, 2 , 4 and 7 of Dhankaul Rural Municipality which has seven wards.