Attack on rural municipality chairperson candidate

KATHMANDU: MAY. 4 – East Nawalparasi’s candidate for rural municipality chairperson has been attacked. Laxmi Pandey, a Nepali Congress candidate for chairperson, was assaulted in the district’s Hupsekot Rural Municipality.

Pandey’s team was attacked at Jhyalbas in Hupsekot at 8 p.m. on Tuesday as they were returning from the election campaign. She has accused UML cadres of assaulting her by blocking their way. Pandey has bruises on her chest and legs.