KATHMANDU: The government has reaffirmed to formulate the laws relating to the provincial and federal elections and formation of the Commission on Constituency Determination soon.

Talking to a team of Election Commission of Nepal led by Chief Election Commissioner  Ayodhee Prasad Yadav at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Sunday, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba instructed the authorities concerned to get ready for holding both elections assuring of the formulation of electoral laws and formation of the Commission at the earliest.

Present in the meeting was Minister for Home Affairs Janardan Sharma who told that the meeting also dwelt on collection of voters' list and whether the voters' list could be registered at the local levels.

Chief Election Commissioner  Yadav shared that they demanded formation of the Commission and formulation of the election act and submission of reports relating these two pertinent issues to which PM Deuba, according to Yadav, assured of endorsing the election law through fast-track and formation of the Commission.

The Commission, meanwhile, has urged one and all eligible voters to utilise the opportunity to register their names in the voters' lists in their respective districts within July 30.

The Commission has put in place the provision where the voters  could register their names in the voters' list in their districts by July 30 for the provincial and federal elections due by January 21, 2018.