Referring to Ang Gelu Sherpa, who is running for the State Assemblies elections from Constituency (B) under the first-past-the-post system, the PM also claimed that no other parties have fielded an election candidate from Sherpa community under the FPTP.

In a different context, he said the democrat’s victory in the polls was essential to safeguard the country’s existence.

At the event, local leaders of Khumbu area demanded that political leaders should focus on development activities.

In return, PM Deuba and the election candidate Sherpa pledged to blacktop the Lukla-Surke road within next two years, and construct a city hall in Solududhkunda Municipality. PM Deuba was scheduled to return to Kathmandu today itself.