Aam Janata Party Candidate Safalta Bogati Discusses Campaign Strategy in 'Ratopati Election Fever'

Kathmandu. As the date of February 21 approaches, candidates for the House of Representatives are becoming increasingly busy with door-to-door campaigning. They are extremely busy trying to please voters, persuade them, and present their agendas. While candidates from the four major parties—Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), and Rastriya Swatantra Party—receive much attention, candidates from new and smaller parties seem to be overshadowed.

Safalta Bogati is a candidate from the Aam Janata Party (People's General Party) in Kathmandu Constituency No. 6. Contesting with the mobile phone symbol, she claims that this time the people will vote for her, not the major parties.

In an interview for 'Ratopati Election Fever,' she stated that voters have given her positive encouragement during her door-to-door canvassing. "I am visiting voters' homes from 6 AM until 7:30 PM. My effort is to meet as many individuals as possible in person. When I go door-to-door, voters have been extremely pleased," she shared. "Their feedback, such as, 'We were confused about whom to vote for, we are happy to have a candidate like you,' has given me further energy."

She found that the main expectation of the voters is that 'leaders should not lie and should show their faces even after winning the election.' "I am clearly explaining to the voters. The job of a Member of Parliament is not to build roads, drains, or bridges at the local level; our main job is to formulate policies and laws," she says. "Leaders until now have misled voters by saying, 'I will bring all the development.'"

The conversation focused on the election with Bogati, who jumped into active politics after being a social activist, can be watched and heard in the video.