Various political parties and independent candidates have registered their nomination papers on Saturday for the by-elections to be held on April 27 in Ilam Constituency No. 2.
According to the District Election Office, 20 candidates from 12 political parties and eight independent candidates have registered their candidacies for the by-elections in Ilam.
Suhang Nembang of CPN (UML), Dambar Bahadur Khadka of Nepali Congress, Milan Kumar Yonghang Limbu of Rastriya Swatantra Party and Jit Bahadur Rai of CPN (Unified Socialist) are among those who registered their candidacies Saturday.
Laxmi Gurung of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, Prem Kumar Thamsuhang of Janamat Party, Shyam Nepali of Nepal Workers Peasants Party, Manikumar Limbu of Mangol National Organization, Ganesh Bahadur Chauhan of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Jaywant Bikram Shah of National Liberation Movement of Nepal, Dhanraj Rana Magar of National Republic Nepal and Resham Bahadur Sunar of Nepali Janata Dal registered their candidacies.
Similarly, independent candidates Dakendra Singh Thegim, Dak Prasad Gautam, Manoj Niraula (Pradeep), Arjun Bahadur Shahi, Keshav Kumar Chapagain, Dipesh Bohora, Yogendra Gurung, Raj Basyal have registered their candidacies for the by-elections.
