Previously it was said that she would file her candidacy from Parsa Constituency No. 1 but she is not in the U-CPN Maoist’s final list of candidates for First Past the Post (FPTP) system.

Maoist has nominated Baliram Shah as party candidate from the constituency that was considered for Rekha Thapa.
Rekha Thapa had joined U-CPN Maoist a few months ago and had said she would contest election if party made her a candidate. Sources have said that Rekha is removed from the list just because of her absence in the voters’ list not because of other disputes.