KATHMANDU: High-ranking leaders of Nepali Congress (NC) have asserted their readiness for all three levels of elections for which they stressed an effective implementation of the Constitution.

Addressing a two-day meeting of the NC-aligned Nepal Trade Union Congress' national council's meeting here today, NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba instructed all cadres to gear up for the long overdue local elections.

The former Prime Minister Deuba added that the enforcement of the new Constitution promulgated during the NC-led government was a major responsibility of NC.

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Deuba also expressed his confidence that the NC would yet again win the confidence of the public in the local election as in the second Constituent Assembly elections in November 2013.

He shared that the date for local elections would be announced anytime for the fact that the many developments were taking place towards this end, including the endorsement of the election-related bills in the Parliament and recommendation of three election commissioners in the Election Commission.

Meanwhile, senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel stated that demands raised by the labourers could be addressed through the amendment of the Labour Act.

Underscoring mutual coordination between the industry and labourer for establishment of labourers' right, Paudel clarified that the new Constitution could not incorporate all demands raised by the labourers as he said that the new national statute was a document promulgated through the political consensus.

Likewise, NC General Secretary Shashanka Koirala reiterated the NC's commitment to hold three-tier elections by January 2018.

NC Treasurer Sita Devi Yadav also urged the cadres to be ready for the elections for she said that the internal preparations were being made to announce the date for local polls.

Union's President Khilanath Dahal said that the two-day event would discuss issues relating to the welfare of the labourers.