Dolpa/jumla, Feb. 13 -- With less than three weeks left for the House of Representatives elections, voters in remote parts of Jumla and upper Dolpa say candidates have yet to reach their villages, forcing many to vote without meeting them or hearing their agendas firsthand.

In Khopri village, which lies in ward 9 of Tila Rural Municipality in Jumla, residents said they rarely get to meet candidates. Locals say they cast their ballots based on party affiliation or what they hear about candidates from others.

"We have elected several lawmakers, but after they became MPs, we neither saw development nor had any contact with the candidates afterwards," said Kali Bahadur Thapa. "Our hardships remain the same. Their status changed, ours did no...