Purushottam Paudel of the CPN-UML has announced his candidacy for the by-election in Bara-2. Paudel has previously served as the Minister of Youth and Sports and was also elected to the Parliament and the Second Constituent Assembly.
He will be competing against Upendra Yadav, Ramesh Kharel, and many others in this by-election. Paudel says that he has left no stone unturned in hopes of changing the election result in his favour.