Kathmandu, Nepal: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has left a clear signal that the date for the local body elections will not be announced soon even though there is widespread criticisms for the delay to announce the date for the elections.
The date for the local body elections will be announced only after consensus with the disgruntled parties including the agitating Mashes based parties, Prime Minister Dahal said while talking to the media persons at Bharatpur airport on Wednesday.
The government has already made a request to the Election Commission to initiate necessary preparation for the local body elections,which is equivalent to announce the date for the elections, Prime Minister Dahal,who is also the chairman of the CPN Maoist Centre, said.
Though the government had made such a request to the Election Commission to initiate necessary preparation for the local body elections, Chief election commissioner Dr Aayodhi Prasad Yadav has already said that sending request to hold the local body elections is not enough to hold the elections.
The government is criticized for delaying to announce the date for the local body elections not only from the opposition parties but also from the government ally Nepali Congress.
As delaying to announce the date for the local elections would bring constitutional crisis in the country, there is widespread pressure to the government to announce the date for the local body elections.
