Nepal: Minister says elections will be held on time

Kathmandu, Oct 10: The Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Yagya Bahadur Thapa has said that the upcoming State Assembly and House of Representatives elections would be held on stipulated dates. The Provincial and Parliamentary elections are scheduled for November 26 and December 7 respectively. Speaking at an interaction programme ogranised by the Kaski Adarsha Sewa Samaj in Pokhara, Thapa said on Monday that the political parties were tying to forge consensus for necessary related laws in the National Assembly which earlier they had failed to reach an agreement for the same, a report in The Himalayan Times said on Tuesday. Nepali Congress leader Thapa further said holding all levels of elections within January 21 next was the utmost priority of the government for the implementation of the constitution and federalism in the country. UNI