Communist parties together defeated the Congress candidate

BIRATNAGAR: SEPT. 18 – Sher Bahadur Bhandari has been elected as the president of the Urlabari Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Morang. Bhandari of the progressive group defeated Tarman Shereng Limbu of the Democratic Alliance in the counting held on Friday.

Bhandari, a resident of Urlabari-4, is a CPN-UML supporter. The CPN-UML, the CPN-Unified Socialist Party, the Maoist Center and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party formed a progressive group and contested the election, while the Nepali Congress, the Federal Socialist Party and the Limbuwan formed a democratic alliance. Out of 1,704 voters, 1,452 votes were cast.