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.