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NC leader Umesh Shrestha asking EC to declare him winner from Chitwan-2



KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader Umesh Shrestha is going to the Election Commission (EC) demanding that he be automatically declared the winner from Chitwan Constituency-2.

Shrestha is submitting an application to the EC today and inform about it through a press conference at 2 pm in the afternoon.

NC’s Shrestha was defeated by Rabi Lamichhane by a huge margin.

Shrestha garnered 14,988 votes in the last election.

After Lamichhane’s MP position was lost due to the citizenship dispute, Shrestha is going to apply to the EC.

Publish Date : 05 February 2023 10:37 AM

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