SAPTARI, Sept 16: Mahanthi Yadav, a ward chairperson candidate fielded by Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) for the third phase of local polls has passed away.
Yadav, 66, was suffering from cancer. Yadav, who took part in the elections campaign just before the silence period began, breathed his last while taking rest in his house, RJP’s mayoral candidate of Rajbiraj Municipality said Shambhu Yadav.
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Mahanthi was the former chairman of Deudibharuwa.
