Kathmandu, May 2 -- Nepali Congress general secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma were designated the election 'commanders' for two of the three constituencies where by-elections for the House of Representatives seats were held last year.

The Congress party also entrusted the general secretaries with leading the campaign for the by-election held for a federal seat in Ilam on Saturday. Sharma was even named the party's election commander for Ilam-2. However, the party couldn't do well as CPN-UML's Suhang Nembang won the seat defeating the Congress candidate with a margin of 5,830 votes.

In the by-election held last year, Thapa was appointed the election commander of Tanahu-1 and Sharma of Chitwan-2.

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