‘We are here to serve the people regardless of our political beliefs’

Sunita Dangol, newly elected deputy mayor of Kathmandu, talks about challenges to active participation of women in politics, introduction of e-governance to control corruption and her willingness to work in coordination with the mayor.

In the din of Balen Shah’s victory as an independent candidate to claim the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, yet another feat by a young woman got largely ignored. Sunita Dangol, 29, from the CPN-UML has become the deputy mayor of Kathmandu. She secured 68,612 votes to defeat her opponent Rameshwar Shrestha of the CPN (Unified Socialist) who garnered 23,806 votes.