Morang-3 Election Battleground: Shifting Loyalties and Highly Educated Candidates Define Race

Biratnagar. In the 2074 elections, UML leader Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal defeated Nepali Congress's Dr. Sunil Sharma by a margin of over 3,000 votes in Morang's Constituency 3. At that time, UML's Dhakal was supported by the then CPN (Maoist Centre)-led left alliance.In the 2079 elections, Sharma and Dhakal competed again, but the alliance shifted. Sharma defeated Dhakal, who is also a secretary of the UML, by a margin of over 22,000 votes. Dhakal has now left that constituency for Tehrathum. The UML has nominated Iran Rai as its candidate in his place.In the 2079 elections, Sharma's popularity soared alongside Dhakal's...