NC’s Hemkarna Poudel wins Itahari mayor

ITAHARI: Hemkarna Poudel of Nepali Congress (NC) has won the mayorship of Itahari sub-metropolis of Sunsari.

Poudel, who is the common candidate of the alliance, defeated his nearest rival Yam Kumar Subba of the CPN-UML by 5,018 votes.