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RSVP will nominate Milan Limbu in Elam-2
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The Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RASWPA) is going to make Milan Limbu a candidate in the by-election for the member of the House of Representatives to be held in Ilam-2. RSVP Central Election Commission Secretary Bhuminanda Baral said that 6 people, including Limbu, expressed their aspiration to become candidates in Ilam-2, but the remaining 5 expressed their commitment to support Limbu.
In the discussion held at the central office in Kathmandu on Thursday, 5 candidates supported Limbu and withdrew their candidature. Bye-elections are going to be held on May 15 in Ilam Constituency-2 for the House of Representatives and Bajhang Constituency-1 (1) for the State Assembly. Ilam-2 was vacant after the death of UML Vice President and Constituent Assembly Speaker Subaschandra Nemwang on August 26.
Similarly, in Bajhang, the state MP Prithvi Bahadur Singh, who was elected from the Congress, passed away on June 25 and became vacant. UML has decided to field Suhang Nemwang in Ilam and Daman Bahadur Bhandari in Bajhang. The secretariat meeting of UML held on Sunday started the exercise of selecting candidates and gathering the support of the parties participating in the ruling coalition.
Suhang is the younger son of UML leader Nemwang. A legal practitioner, he has already started running for election even before the party nominated him. Similarly, Dakendrasingh Limbu has also said that he will run as an identitarian candidate. He has also started campaigning. It is said that Jaspa will also support him.
Similarly, on behalf of the identity party, Janmat Party Premdeep Thamsuhang has been nominated. Premdeep is also the national chairman of the Kirant-Limbuwan province nomination campaign.
