BAITADI, Oct 11: Irrespective of the advocacy for women participation in politics and state mechanisms, there is no candidacy of woman for the November 20 election to the House of Representatives in Baitadi district. The Office of the Chief Returning Officer shared this information.
There is only one constituency in the district. A total of 12 candidates have filed their nominations for the election to Member of the House of Representatives, where there is zero woman candidacy.
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Former deputy mayor of Dasharath Chand Municipality and general convention representative of Nepali Congress, Mina Chand said it reflected the classical mindset of political parties. It shows they do not want women in leadership, she added.
The candidates for the HoR members are Narendra Bahadur Kunwar of the CPN (Maoist Center) on behalf of the ruling alliance, Damodar Bhandari of CPN-UML, Prem Bahadur Chand of RPP, Kimmat Chand of RPP Nepal, Krishna Bahadur Chand of People's Party, Prakash Chandra Bhatta of Rastriya Swatantra Party, Krishna Prasad Gosain of Nepal Workers’ and Peasants’ Party, and Ansing Bhandari of Janata Samajwadi Party.
Similarly, there are four independent candidates- Keshav Chand, Paramanand Chand, Man Singh Bista and Trilok Bahadur Chand.
Six persons filed their candidacies for Provincial Assembly election (a) and five for Provincial Assembly election (b). Among them, one woman has filed candidacy in each constituency- RPP Nepal's Krishna Panta for constituency a, and Nagarik Unmukti Party's Rewati Bohara for constituency b.
