KATHMANDU, August 30: Four persons of a single family were killed when their house collapsed due to the landslide at Melung rural municipality-8, Khimti of
CPN-UML's Yagya Raj Sunuwar won a parliamentary seat from Okhaldhunga. He got 32,580 votes while his closest contender Nepali Congress's Ram Hari Khatiwada 27,327 votes.
The election manifestoes of the Nepali Congress and left alliance have featured the lofty commitments to make Okhaldhunga a beautiful and prosperous district.