Pokhara, March 6 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party candidates have widened their early lead across all three constituencies of Kaski. Khadkaraj Paudel 'Ganes' leads in Kaski-1, Uttam Prasad Paudel in Kaski-2, and Bina Gurung in Kaski-3.

By Friday morning, 2,653 votes had been counted in Kaski-1. RSP's Khadkaraj Paudel secured 2,653 votes, far ahead of Congress candidate Tilak Ranabhat with 1,123 votes, CPN-UML's Bain Bahadur Chhetri with 1,500 votes, and Nepali Communist Party's Rajkaji Gurung with 129 votes.

In Kaski-2, RSP's Uttam Prasad Paudel leads with 2,417 votes, widening the gap over CPN-UML's Rashmi Acharya, who received 1,214 votes, Congress candidate Madhav Prasad Bastola with 717 votes, and NCP's Hem Bahadur Thapa with 93 votes. ...