Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden has filed his nomination to contest the upcoming election to the House of Representatives from Jhapa-3. He filed his candidacy this morning with the support of CPN-UML. Madhav Pokharel proposed Lingden’s nomination while Laxman Pathak of UML seconded the proposal.

Nepali Congress leader Krishna Sitaula has lost to Lingden in the previous election.

With the support of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, the UML has filed nominations in both the constituencies in the Province Assembly. UML’s Basanta Baniya has filed his candidacy from constituency-1 and Chabilal Chundal from Constituency-2. Nominations are being registered for the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly scheduled for November 20. The Election Commission said that the filing of nominations will begin at 10 am and will end at 5 pm today.