‘Our new budget will focus on educational reforms’

Lalkesh Jaisi was elected as the Chairman of the Tanjakot Rural Municipality in Humla districtin the 2022 local-level election. Jaisi, 49, was underground for four years during the Maoist insurgency. He claims that his rural municipality has achieved significant progress in roads and electricity compared to other rural municipalities. He is now focused on transforming the entire rural municipality into an agricultural hub. Our Humal correspondent, Rajan Rawat talked to him recently. Excerpts: