UML selects Keshav Sthapit as candidate for Mayor in Kathmandu

KATHMANDU: CPN-UML will field Keshav Sthapit as its candidate for mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in the upcoming local election.

The party’s secretariat meeting held at the residence of Chairman KP Sharma Oli on Saturday has decided to award the mayoral ticket to the ex-Kathmandu mayor and the current provincial lawmaker of Bagmati.

UML has decided to field Sunita Dangol as the candidate for deputy mayor. Dangol, who had previously announced to contest for mayor as an independent candidate, has been picked as the candidate for deputy mayor of the main opposition party.

The metropolitan committee of the party had recommended current Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya, Sthapit, Rambir Manandhar, Nirmal Deula and Indira Panta as the mayoral candidates.