Nepal, Feb. 7 -- The electoral battle in Dang-3 has taken shape as a four-way contest between the Nepali Congress (NC), CPN-UML, Nepali Communist Party (NCP) and the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), with seasoned leaders and ambitious challengers vying for victory.

NC's Deepak Giri, a familiar face in parliamentary politics, is seeking his third win after contesting six elections. Giri began his federal parliamentary journey in 2051 BS. Though he lost to UML's Shankar Pokhrel that year and was denied a ticket in 2056 BS, he returned in 2064 BS as a Constituent Assembly candidate, only to be defeated again by Sushma Sharma of the then CPN (Maoist Centre).

Determined to reverse his fortunes, Giri contested the 2070 BS Constituent Assembly ...