Newly Elected Lawmaker Mahabir Pun Sells Autobiography in Pokhara After Election Victory

Myagdi. Newly elected House of Representatives member from Myagdi, Mahabir Pun, has gone to Pokhara to sell books immediately after winning the election. Pun, who won by a double margin as an independent candidate, sold his autobiography in areas like Prithvi Chowk and Mahendrapul in Pokhara on Monday.

“I sold 800 books in a single day and earned NPR 600,000,” he said, “I have ordered more books from Kathmandu for sale.” A crowd gathered in Pokhara to take photos with Pun and buy his signed book. Mahabir has been writing and selling his autobiography for the past three years to raise necessary financial resources for operating an agricultural tool factory in Birgunj through the National Innovation Center, which Pun founded.

Pun came to contest the election in his birthplace Myagdi after resigning from his post as the Minister for Education, Science and Technology in the interim government. Pun has been selling books in various parts of the country even before the 'Janjati' movement.

He served as the Education Minister for about four months in the interim government formed under the leadership of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki following the 'Janjati' movement on the 23rd and 24th of last Bhadra. Independent candidate Pun, after winning the election in Myagdi with a popular vote, returned to his old routine after requesting his supporters not to celebrate extravagantly in the name of victory.

Pun won by securing 22,850 votes. His competitor, Harikrishna Shrestha of the CPN (UML), received 7,910 votes. Karna Bahadur Bhandari of the Nepali Congress received 6,676 votes. Pun stated that since the Election Commission has not yet published all the election results, he has come out to sell books to utilize his free time.