Leadership’s decision to field Sthapit was a mistake: Yogesh Bhattarai

CPN-UML leader Yogesh Bhattarai said it was a mistake by the party’s leadership to believe in Keshav Sthapit and field him as the candidate for Kathmandu Metropolitan City’s mayor.

“When the party leadership decided to field him as the mayoral candidate, maybe they thought he would perform a miracle,” Bhattarai said in a conversation with Setopati. “He also expressed confidence regarding the same. So they thought the Keshav Staphit card would probably work as he had done miracles in the past as well. But sometimes even the leadership can be wrong.”