Govt to set date for polls with consensus: DPM

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KATHMANDU, Dec. 24: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Development Badri Prasad Mandal has said that the present Council of Minister was thinking of specifying the date for elections with the consensus of all the political parties and it had positive views regarding the opinions and suggestions received from the parties and people's representatives.

He was responding to issues raised by members of the National Assembly Remote Region Committee during a meeting of the committee today to which he was invited.

The committee members raised issues such as difficulty encountered by people because of the lack of representatives at local bodies, the grinding to a halt of the social security programme and constituency development because the budget had not been released, and lack of secretaries at scores of VDCs with most of them staying at the district headquarters.

They also said that though the vacancies are being filled through ordinance, it would be meaningless if the law and order situation continues as it is, the date for elections should be specified and steps taken to make relations between ministers, political parties and the Monarchy cordial.

They also said that the government should not belittle the people's representatives in the National Assembly.

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