Halesi, July 5, 2017: Eban Rai, from Nepali Congress, has been elected as the Mayor of the Halesi Tuwachung Municipality as he garnered 4397
votes to his closest rival UML's Khadendra
Rais's 3997 votes in the recently held local election.
Halesi Tuwachung Municipality |
Similarly,
Congress’s Bimala Rai has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality.
She bagged 4496 votes to Uml ’s Manisha Rai's 3922 votes.
The
second round of local level elections was held in 35 districts of province
number 1, 5 and 7 on June 28.
Halesi VDC, a popular tourist destination in Khotang, has
been declared as a Halesi Tuwachung Municipality.