KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said all arrangements are in place for holding the elections to the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly in a peaceful and impartial atmosphere.
It may be noted that the voting for the twin elections is taking place simultaneously on coming November 20.
In his address to a program organized by the National Luminary Shankhadhar Sakhwa Foundation here today, the Prime Minister said support and cooperation from political parties and quarters were necessary to make the elections a success.
On the occasion, he garlanded the idol of Sakhwa at Shankhadhar Chowk, Madhyapur Thimi municipality.
“Only a democratic government is capable of delivering constructively,” the Prime Minister said adding that the elections would strengthen democracy.
Terming the Nepal Sambat as the original calendar of Nepal, Prime Minister Deuba said that the government has already declared Sakhwa as a national luminary, published a postal stamp in his name, and made arrangements to include content about him in the school curriculum.
Sakhwa is credited with initiating the Nepal Sambat and today marks the commencement of Nepal Sambat 1143.
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