Nepal government have decided to hold the elections in local bodies across the country in a single phase on May 14. But the decision saw strong reservation from Madhes-based political parties. Within an hour after government declared dates for the polls, the Madhes based parties, who had been demanding an amendment to the Constitution prior to the poll announcement, rejected the polls and announced a fresh stir programme. It has been over a month that there has been intense discussion among the major three parties with regard to holding the local level elections. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' had few weeks ago made it clear that the local polls would be held by mid-May. However, no date for the poll has been announced as yet owing to reservation of the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF). Reports say even the trilateral meeting of the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN-Maoist Center and the main opposition CPN-UML held on Saturday agreed to announce the poll date within a couple of days. That means the government is likely to announce the date by Monday. The three parties also decided that there should be a joint meeting with the UDMF to persuade the disgruntled force to come on board. But, given the stance of the UDMF that the poll date should be announce only after endorsement of the constitution amendment bill, it is likely that it will at least take a week for the government to announce the date. It is also likely that if there is no consent from the UDMF, the poll date will not be announced. And if the poll date is announced within this week, no election will be held before November.
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