CPN-UML leader and former IGP Sarbendra Khanal has filed his nomination for the by-election in Tanahun. He filed his nomination by reaching the election officer’s office on Monday afternoon. Bhagwati Neupane proposed his candidacy while Ek Bahadur Rana seconded the proposal.

The Election Commission is holding the by-election in Tanahun-1 after Nepali Congress lawmaker Ram Chandra Paudel was elected as the President of the country.

Govinda Bhattarai from the Nepali Congress and Swarnim Wagle from the Rastriya Swatantra Party are preparing to file the nominations.