KATHMANDU: Prime Minister and CPN Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the government is committed to holding local-level elections at any cost.

Welcoming leaders and cadres into his party at a function held at his residence in Lazimpat on Monday, he said the filing of nominations for the election tomorrow will begin the process of the first phase of elections. "There is no relation between the impeachment motion and the elections," he clarified.

Stating that the registration of the impeachment motion has created a new wave in politics, the Prime Minister said the motion will follow its due parliamentary process, which do not have any impact on the elections.

The constitution amendment process would also move ahead accordingly.