Budget of Rs. 10 billion to be required for general election

KATHMANDU: Representatives of the Election Commission and state assembly members are involved in the internal election process. The commission is working on a proposal to hold both elections in the same phase on the same day.

The election of representatives and members of the state assembly is required by the constitution to take place before Mangsir 22 (Dec 8). According to Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, the commission intends to hold elections to the House of Representatives and the state assembly on the same day after analyzing the incidents that occurred in various parts of the country during the local level elections.