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Holding civic body polls within 29 Jan, 2016 unfeasible - EC Commissioner

Surunga (Jhapa), July 6: Election Commissioner Ayodhi Prasad Yadav has said that it would not be feasible to hold local body elections within 29 January 2016.

At a press conference organized at Birtamod this afternoon, he asserted holding civic polls would not be materialized despite any intensive preparation as there was no law allowing for the same.

"We are capable of holding local body election," he said, adding, "However, it is impossible to hold local body election at once like the Constituent Assembly elections no matter how capable we are".

He further said that it would also not be appropriate to hold local election in the hilly, mountainous and Terai regions at the same time. "The Commission would jumpstart its necessary preparation for the election once the law on local election formulated," Commissioner Yadav added.

Informing that the Commission has completed voters list recheck for the local election, he said number of total voters has reached 13 million. RSS

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