Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has decided not to file candidacy for the upcoming election. Organizing a press conference in the Capital on Saturday, Sapkota said that he will not file candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary election. Sapkota, who was elected directly from Sindhupalchok-2 in the Constituent Assembly election in 2007 and 2013, was chosen the lawmaker from Sindhupalchok-1 in 2017.

He was an aspirant for the ticket this time also.

Along with Sapkota, the Maoist Centre had recommended the name of Madhav Sapkota. Mohan Bahadur Basnet of Nepali Congress was also the aspirant of ticket from Sindhupalchok-1.