Kathmandu : The CPN (UML) leader Krishna Gopal Shrestha has urged voters to make Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa victorious in the by-elections to the National Assembly of Bagmati Province.

Thapa has fielded his candidacy for the by-elections scheduled for Thursday from the ruling UML. Minister Thapa’s victory would mean to strengthen democracy, argued Shrestha, coordinator of the election mobilisation committee formed by the UML.

Also, the Minister for Education, Science and Technology, Shrestha urged the voters not to vote for independent candidates. Thapa’s electoral symbol is ‘Sun’. “Casting vote for independent candidates is a serious crime from a political view point.”