UML loses National Assembly seat in Rupandehi-5 ticket controversy

CPN-UML has lost a seat in the National Assembly in the controversy surrounding the party’s candidate for the House of Representatives election in Rupandehi-5.

UML leader Khimlal Bhattarai filed candidacy in Rupandehi-5 after resigning as a member of the National Assembly. Another UML leader Basudev Ghimire had filed candidacy in the same constituency before Bhattarai even though the party had given the ticket to Bhattarai too.