MPs want periodic poll date stated in law itself

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Lawmakers have demanded that the date of periodic local elections should be categorically mentioned in the Local Level Election Bill itself.
Stating that local polls have not been held for 18 years due to lack of political will, lawmakers from major political parties have lobbied for fixing the election date in the local poll law itself so that parties cannot avoid holding such elections.
Taking part in preliminary deliberations on the Local Level Election Bill 2016 in Parliament on Monday, lawmakers from the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) asked the government to announce a date for local polls without further delay.
NC lawmakers Hari Prasad Nepal, Kamal Pangeni, Ram Chandra Pokhrel, UML lawmakers Prakash Jwala, Sher Bahadur Tamang, Guru Burlakoti and Maoist Center lawmakers Tek Bahadur Basnet and Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, among others, admitted to the unwillingness of political parties for a long time to conduct local polls, due to lack of self-confidence.

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