AMN
The Nepal government on Thursday postponed the date of local-level elections in the disputed Madhesi-stronghold province number two by nearly three months, adding a third phase in the polls. With the move, which came following a Cabinet meeting, the polls will now be held in three phases of which the first phase was concluded in provinces 3, 4 and 6 on May 14.
The second phase in Province 1, 5 and 7 will be held on June 28 and the third phase in Province 2 on September 18. The local-level elections are being taken place across Nepal after a gap of 20 years. They should be held in every five years but due to political instability, they were halted since May 1997.
The government and the agitating Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP-N), agreed on the postponement of the elections in Province number 2 following a joint meeting held on Thursday.