by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 30, 2023The newly-emerged Rastriya Swatantra Party stunned the old parties in the recent by-elections, securing landslide victories in two of the three constituencies. Another new force, the Madhesh-based Janamat Party, gave a tough fight to the provincial veteran Upendra Yadav, who was the common candidate of the ruling coalition, in Bara-2. The bypoll results, according to observers, give a clear message to the traditional political parties that…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 25, 2-23With the final results of by-elections in Tanahun-1 and the initial vote count in Chitwan-2 and Bara-2, the message is clear to the traditional forces and parties—either you change your work approach or suffer further losses in coming elections. The largest party Nepali Congress, whose candidate Ramchandra Poudel, was elected from Tanahun-1 with a good margin last November, lost the seat to the new Rastriya Swatantra…